cistvaen

[kist-vahyn, -veyn]

noun

1. cist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cistvaen¹

First recorded in 1805–10; from Welsh cist faen, literally “stone box”; dolmen ( def. )

Example Sentences

It appears, however, that the Britons raised tumuli over their dead, and continued the practice till after the introduction of Christianity; and that their other modes of interment were the carned, or heap of stones; the cistvaen, or stone chest; and perhaps the cromlec, or hanging stone.

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The name of Ty- Illtyd, or St. Illtyd's house, is still known as Llanamllech, but it is applied to one of those monuments of Druidical antiquity called a cistvaen, erected upon an eminence named Maenest, at a short distance from the village.

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