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Look up: dolmen

  1. dolmen
    [n] - a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. dolmen
    Prehistoric megalith in the form of a chamber built of three or more large upright stone slabs, capped by a horizontal flat stone. Dolmens are the burial chambers of Neolithic (New Stone Age)...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Dolmen
    Dol'men (dŏl'mĕn) noun [ Armor. taol , tol , table + mean , maen , men , stone: confer French dolmen .] A cromlech. See Cromlech . [ Written also tolmen .]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/108

  4. dolmen
    cromlech noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Dolmen
    • (n.) A cromlech. See Cromlech.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. dolmen
    prehistoric monument usually consisting of several great stone slabs set edgewise in the earth to support a flat stone, which served as a roof. ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/63

  7. dolmen
    dolmen (dol'men, dōl–) [Breton,=stone table], burial chamber consisting of two or more upright stone slabs supporting a capstone or table, typical of the Neolithic period in Europe. See megalithic monuments.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08158

  8. dolmen
    Click images to enlargePrehistoric megalith in the form of a chamber built of three or more large upright stone slabs, capped by a horizontal flat stone. Dolmens are the burial chambers of Neolithic (New Stone Age) chambered tombs and passage graves, revealed by the removal of the covering burial mound. They are found in ...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  9. Dolmen
    A `dolmen`—also known as a `portal tomb`, `portal grave`, `dolmain` (Irish), `cromlech` (Welsh), `anta` (Portuguese and Galician), `Hünengrab/Hünenbett` (German), `Adamra` (Abkhazian), `Ispun` (Circassian), `Hunebed` (Dutch), `dös` (Swedish), `goindol` (Korean) or `quoit`—is a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen

  10. Dolmen
    (TV miniseries) `Dolmen` is a French TV miniseries, consisting of six 90 minutes-long episodes, and starring Ingrid Chauvin. It was written by Nicole Jamet and Marie-Anne Le Pezennec, and broadcast for the first time between June 13 and July 18, 2005 on TF1. Synopsis: The story is set in the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen



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