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Menhir

noun
1.
A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France.  Synonym: standing stone.






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... followed it. The structures are usually, though not quite invariably, made of large blocks of unworked or slightly worked stone, and they conform to certain definite types. The best known of these types are as follows: Firstly, the menhir, which is a tall, rough pillar of stone with its base fixed into the earth. Secondly, the trilithon, which consists of a pair of tall stones set at a short distance apart supporting a third stone laid across the top. ...
— Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders • T. Eric Peet



Words linked to "Menhir" :   megalithic structure, megalith



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