standing stone
Example Sentences
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"The stone platform predates the standing stone itself, suggesting continuous ritual use of this site over hundreds of years, strongly linked to the water and the importance it held for Bronze Age communities."
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
"What we've uncovered is evidence of a much more complex ceremonial landscape, which the original standing stone is part of," Dr Shaw explained.
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
The pots were found at the foot of a standing stone which had fallen over Two Bronze Age burial pots containing human remains have been found at the base of a standing stone in Angus.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2011
I am standing stone still, riveted to this day.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
