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 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

Those who come from Llanberis will leave the highroad at a point 3½ miles from the station and about half a mile short of the cromlech.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

This cromlech is surrounded by a trench and an earthen embankment.

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