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.
A circle of menhir, built by the mysterious Ancients and of spiritual importance to the Cûn.
A Welsh dolmen. Literally and paradoxically "a curved flat-rock".
a prehistoric megalith (large sacred stone structure) typically having two upright stones and a capstone
a circle of standing stones surrounding a Dolmen
megalithic form of upright stones arranged in a circle; and henge (ATA fig. 1-21)
The term used in Wales for a dolmen. In Brittany it describes a stone circle.
dolmen in Wales; a stone circle in France
Cromlech is a Brythonic word (Breton/Welsh) used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means "flagstone". The term is now virtually obsolete in archaeology, but remains in use as a colloquial term for two different types of megalithic monument.
