1) Dolmen 2) Megalith 3) Megalithic structure
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1) Dolmen
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Cromlech is a Brythonic word (Breton/Cornish/Welsh) used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means `bent` or `curved` and llech means `slab` or `flagstone`. The term is now virtually obsolete in archaeology, but remains in use as a colloquial term for two different types of megalithic monument. In English it usually r...
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prehistoric stone circle
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• (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.
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(from the article `Down`) Evidence of prehistoric settlement is found in the Giant`s Ring, south of Belfast. There a cromlech, or circle of stones, stands enclosed by a broad ...
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Welsh term for a megalithic dolmen, consisting of a flat stone supported horizontally by two or more uprights. The structure is the exposed burial chamber of a long
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Crom'lech (krŏm'lĕk)
noun [ W.
cromlech ;
crom bending or bent, concave +
llech a flat stone; akin to Ir.
cromleac .]
(Archæol.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found...
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A cromlech is an ancient erection consisting of two or more stones standing like pillars, with a large flat or slightly inclined stone placed on top appearing somewhat like a table so as to form a rectangular chamber, beneath the floor of which is sometimes found a cist inclosing a skeleton and relics. Sometimes the cromlech was encircled by a ring...
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(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb. Cf. chamber tomb, dolmen, passage grave.
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