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megalith

[meg-uh-lith] / ˈmɛg ə lɪθ /
NOUN
stone monument
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Among the places visited is Stonehenge, the megalith circle on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

"This differs from what we usually see in megalith graves, i.e. stone burial chambers from the Neolithic period," Karl-Göran Sjögren explains.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

A bigger company can negotiate better terms with the megalith, hold the line against its profit-busting discounts.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2020

Visitors will see a Tibetan Buddhist stupa, a 40-foot diameter stone circle, Nuu-chan-nulth tribal medicine wheels created for Earth Sanctuary, a dolmen megalith, contemporary art and more.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2020

Beneath the megalith of Saint Jean d'Alcas were found beads of blue glass and of enamel which Dr. Prunieres, having compared with those in the Campana collection in the Louvre, thinks are of Phoenician origin.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.