Some English writers apply the term cromlech to such a structure, quite incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
What you can see to the left of the cromlech is the fence, but foreshortened. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
And again beyond the cromlech was a hut, shaped like a beehive of straw, built of many stones most wonderfully, both walls and roof. From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex] Reference
444 A cromlech is a prehistoric arrangement of stones, a flat stone resting on three or more stones, often associated with a tomb. From Wordnik.com. [Later Articles and Reviews] Reference
They too raised a cromlech, and then a giddy descent followed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Zennor Quoit or cromlech, thought to be the finest in Britain. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
The Trethevy Menhir, a cromlech or "House of the Dead," which George. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
He waited, and gradually traced the sound to a huge cromlech on the hill. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
Yet the stranger made no threatening move, but remained as quiet in the dusk as the cromlech. From Wordnik.com. [The Unicorn Trade]
Of such cyclopean style, though it is a small specimen, is the Chûn cromlech, standing near. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
In effect, he is here to make sure Mr. Glum does not run over a cromlech with a tractor, or something. From Wordnik.com. [Orphans of Chaos] Reference
Grania, till every dolmen and cromlech in Ireland was associated with these lovers; the race that preserved for us. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
There is a well-known cromlech at Stanton Drew, in. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing England] Reference
The cromlech is circular and stands on Cape Corse. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
Some sacrilegious persons transported a cromlech from the. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing England] Reference
In Bosprennis Cross there was a very large coit or cromlech. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
This cromlech stands in Kent, on the brow of a hill about a mile and a half from. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
The cover-stone of the Chûn cromlech measures 12-½ ft. in length and 11 ft. in width. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
Maltese temple, the menhir, and the cromlech, almost certainly had a religious purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
Even the erection of a cromlech can hardly be claimed as a separate style of architecture. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
At the northern door of this gallery are, a painting of Stonehenge, and one of the cromlech at. From Wordnik.com. [How to See the British Museum in Four Visits] Reference
The cover-stone of the cromlech at Molfra is 9 ft. 8 in. by 14 ft. 3 in.; its supporters are 5 ft. high. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
It is a weird pagan cromlech, with a huge triangular boulder above the door bearing only the words WALT WHITMAN. From Wordnik.com. [Mince Pie] Reference
A large cromlech, still in that neighbourhood, probably marks the graves of the heroes slain in that engagement. From Wordnik.com. [An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800] Reference
In 1659 Phillpot, when describing the cromlech called Kits Coty House -- the alleged tomb of Catigern -- speaks of. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1] Reference
The most westerly, that of Ménec, consists of eleven lines of menhirs and a cromlech, the total number of stones standing being. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference
The old woman still sat on the cromlech, and when she saw me her voice rose afresh with more hard words, which I would not notice. From Wordnik.com. [A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex] Reference
And a black man arose from beneath the cromlech, mounted upon a bony horse, and both he and his horse were clad in huge rusty armour. From Wordnik.com. [The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
Then, too, they would always stop beside a certain landmark, a great stone, because it looked something like the cromlech at Locneuven. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant] Reference
Kipps cromlech was a circle of stones, with a large stone or two in the middle; and he adds, "many such may be seen all over the country.". From Wordnik.com. [Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1] Reference
Nor does it follow, as some antiquarians maintain, that every structure in the style of a cromlech, even in England, is exclusively Celtic. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are wordssome of them, the tumulus in particular, are proper names. From Wordnik.com. [II. This Will Destroy That. Book V] Reference
A rivulet and mounted again past the famous cromlech of Lanyon. From Wordnik.com. [Lying Prophets] Reference
A moment to rest and think, taking her seat on a piece of rock by the cromlech. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Girl] Reference
A cromlech, surely we have a right to look upon these strange structures as remnants of Celtic times. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities] Reference
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