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Definition of Dolmen
1. Noun. A prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone.
Definition of Dolmen
1. n. A cromlech. See Cromlech.
Definition of Dolmen
1. Noun. a prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of a capstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dolmen
1. a prehistoric monument [n -S] : DOLMENIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolmen
Literary usage of Dolmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson (1872)
"The same arrangement is followed in the closed dolmen, the cross slabs ...
The interior of the closed dolmen contained a little black mould on the surface. ..."
2. The Deserts of Southern France: An Introduction to the Limestone and Chalk by Sabine Baring-Gould (1894)
"... Race Turanian—The rude Stone Monuments of the Neolithic Men—Found in Central
Asia—in India —in Arabia—in Africa—The Western Migration of the dolmen- ..."
3. Excavations at Carnac (Brittany): A Record of Archaeological Researches in by James Miln (1881)
"This dolmen was partly explored about thirty years ago, but only in the chamber,
for, ... In consequence of these repeated PLAN OF THE dolmen OF KERMARIO. ..."
4. In Northern Spain by Hans Gadow (1897)
"CHAPTER XVI A VISIT TO THE dolmen OF ALAVA WE had heard and read of dolmen in
the Basque provinces, and finding ourselves in large, bustling, noisy Bilbao, ..."
5. The Dolmens of Ireland: Their Distributions, Structural Characteristics, and by William Copeland Borlase (1897)
"TACK 513. Giants and dwarfs building the dolmens of Drenthe ... ... ... ...
552 514. White Woman in a dolmen-mound in Drenthe ... ... ... ... 553 515. ..."
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