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 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

Dolmen, dol′men, n. a stone table: the French name for a cromlech, a prehistoric structure of two or more erect unhewn stones, supporting a large flattish stone.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The large cromlech, called the Broadstone, is some miles from Kilrea.

From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth