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Definition of Cromlechs

Cromlech
Cromlech Crom"lech (kr[o^]m"l[e^]k), n. [W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.] (Arch[ae]ol.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

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- University Press, New Haven 2006, ISBN 0-300-11406-0. The dictionary definition of cromlech at Wiktionary Media related to Cromlechs at Wikimedia Commons...
- structures: cromlechs and menhir stones, that belong to the so-called "megalithic universe of Évora", with clear parallels to other cromlechs in Évora District...
- Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected nine years...
- influenced others. General terms: Chambered cairn Chambered long barrow Cromlechs, dolmens and Hunebedden Simple dolmen Great dolmen Polygonal dolmen Rectangular...
- In most languages stone circles are called "cromlechs" (a word in the Welsh language); the word "cromlech" is sometimes used with that meaning in English...
- describing the word as "The French term, used by some English authors, for a cromlech ...". The name was supposedly derived from a Breton language term meaning...
- Dinas Cromlech or Dinas y Gromlech is a distinctive rhyolite rock outcrop at the Llanberis P****, in Snowdonia, northwest Wales, which has a distinctive...
- The Xerez Cromlech (Portuguese: Cromeleque do Xerez), also known as the Xarez Cromlech, is a megalithic complex that is believed to date back to the 4th...
- very grateful. Signpost Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau & Daffodils Cromlech monument & Daffodils Cromlech monument Headstone with Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau Memorial park...
- heyday in the Bronze Age. According to many researchers, dolmens and cromlechs known in Azerbaijan are also ****ociated with the cult of the Sun. Ethnographers...