cromlech
Americannoun
noun
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a circle of prehistoric standing stones
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(no longer in technical usage) a megalithic chamber tomb or dolmen
Etymology
Origin of cromlech
1595–1605; < Welsh, equivalent to crom bent, curved, crooked (feminine of crwm ) + lech, combining form of llech flat stone
Vocabulary lists containing cromlech
Example Sentences
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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
The large cromlech, called the Broadstone, is some miles from Kilrea.
From Ulster Folklore by Elizabeth Andrews
Like Jersey and the neighbouring part of France, Guernsey retains considerable traces of early habitation in cromlechs and menhirs, of which the most notable is the cromlech in the north at L’Ancresse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
This cromlech is called, by children in that neighbourhood, ‘Castle Correg.’
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
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