standing stone
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Hidden among the layers was another striking discovery: a standing stone measuring 28 cm high.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Archaeologists have discovered that what was thought to be a single standing stone in a forest is part of a larger ceremonial site dating back 3,700 years to the Bronze Age.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
Like the woman’s increasingly upsetting visions, these time warps seem related to the eerie, vaguely human-shaped standing stone that looms over the island, a memorial to a past seafaring tragedy.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
This goes some way to proving that Carlinwell Stone is a genuine prehistoric standing stone, rather than something put up later.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011
They dined in the lee of a standing stone on the mountaintop, on hard little apples and bird meat, with the most senior sphinxes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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