cromlech
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The cromlech built in Langemark, Belgium is marking the 100th anniversary of the war's outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2014
The charcoal sample that was thus dated came from an excavated pit at Stonehenge, the great "megalithic cromlech" on England's Salisbury Plain that has mystified scientists since Roman times.
From Time Magazine Archive
A cromlech at Pirols, said to have been built by a fée, is composed of seven massive stones, the largest being twelve feet long by eight and a half feet wide.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
The cromlech itself is very imposing, with massive side supports, six or seven feet high, and a mighty covering stone, flat on the under side.
From The Charm of Ireland by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Cromlech is the Welsh equivalent for the Breton dolmen, but Breton archaeologists use cromlech to describe a circle formed by menhirs.
From The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz
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