Type of single-chamber megalithic tomb.
Synonyms
Examples for "dolmen"
Examples for "dolmen"
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We find the same association of different materials in the Rocher dolmen.
2
I've been meaning to tell you the dolmen and the warehouse were destroyed.
3
The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words.
4
The squat little fellow studied the base of the dolmen for a time.
5
The two shadowed their employer, skulking from towering dolmen to dolmen.
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These were, running, leaping, boxing, wrestling, and throwing the discus or quoit.
2
It would puzzle even your strong arm to toss such a quoit!
3
Democritus, that it is like a quoit externally, and hollow in the middle.
4
His one hand slipped into his pocket and clutched the quoit.
5
Contestants are given some object like a quoit, a block of wood, etc.
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What the distinction is between anta and nidhan is not obvious.
2
The Doric anta has a special capital, quite unlike the capital of the column.
3
An anta may be described as a pilaster forming the termination of a wall.
4
In Corinthian buildings the anta, where met with, has a capital like that of the column.
5
The floral frieze under the moldings is, however, somewhat more elaborate on the anta than on the adjacent wall.
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The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words.
2
They too raised a cromlech, and then a giddy descent followed.
3
The Welsh Memorial in Flanders Campaign is planning to build a cromlech, or flagstone monument.
4
She had walked lines to an abandoned cromlech on a low hill amid fog-draped mountains.
5
The bones and ashes find a temporary resting-place here, but are afterwards removed to a cromlech.
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Rare prehistoric rock art, believed to be at least 4,000 years old, has been discovered on a portal tomb in north Co Sligo.
2
Specifically, a number of perfectly preserved portal tombs or dolmens are located in this area.
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They break into four basic classes: court tombs, portal tombs, passage tombs and wedge tombs.
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It links to the Brennanstown Portal Tomb dating from 2,500-2,000 BC.
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Ope wide thy portals , Grave!