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

The centre is as level and almost as smooth as a billiard table, and exactly in the centre stands a cromlech.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

In Brittany, malignant dwarfs and night-elves still haunt the deserted cromlech, and have power at certain times, to wreak their malice on the belated traveller.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

In the centre of the clearing was a cromlech with a rather short, oval table upheld by two supports of rock, which were almost square.

From The Secret of Sarek by Leblanc, Maurice