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cromlech

[krom-lek] / ˈkrɒm lɛk /
NOUN
megalith
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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

This is a frequent phenomenon supposed by the Welsh peasantry to accompany the attempt to move a cromlech.

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

Then he came on the great cromlech underneath.

From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil

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