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

In the centre of the chamber he discovered a cairn, or rather cromlech, about four feet high, which was formed of several stones arranged in a triangle, with a great flat slab on the top.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

This cromlech is called, by children in that neighbourhood, ‘Castle Correg.’

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

It was not a cromlech after all, only a pile of boulders, so they turned back again.

From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela