Large upright standing stone.
A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France.
1 She feared the menhir no longer: its power over her was gone.
2 Because of his strength, he can lift menhir stones or prehistoric monoliths.
3 The menhir du Champ Dolent sinks an inch every hundred years.
4 I had thought that this menhir had fallen when this came to pass.
5 The distant smudge became a mound, and the mound a menhir .
6 It waited, facing the menhir while the dust-devils criss-crossed the plain.
7 When it cleared, Jhedel lay motionless, sprawled at the menhir 's base.
8 His escort, Stall and Evessa, straightened from where they leaned among the menhir - sized boulders.
9 I do not know that there is a menhir , Thane.
10 The great broken menhir of Locmariaker, with Cæsar's table.
11 Dust drifted from the chiselled sides of the menhir .
12 The menhir was full thrice a man's height.
13 Dust flew like a scarf from the menhir .
14 And I saw that in a flash, even as he reeled back from the menhir and staggered.
15 The menhir was covered with dwarfish runes.
16 Indeed, the exhibition's opener is no swirly brooch but a two-metre tall double-faced horned statue - menhir from southern Germany.
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