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Definition of Kistvaens
1. kistvaen [n] - See also: kistvaen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kistvaens
Literary usage of Kistvaens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1853)
"assumed that there were two sects of the same people, one of which burned their
dead, and deposited the remains in kistvaens or cairns, and the other which ..."
2. Report and Transactions by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art (1890)
"The whole of the kistvaens examined thus far lie longitudinally north and south,
or with variations east and west of these points, the object evidently ..."
3. A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency by Henry Bidewell Grigg (1880)
"... barrows, kistvaens, cromlechs Varieties of or dolmens, and stone circles, and
also of sculptured stones, m"""""nu one inscription and some scratches on ..."
4. An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern by James O'Laverty (1878)
"A very fine example of the class of sepulchral monuments, commonly called
kistvaens—or giants' graves—may be seen in a field near Kilkeel Catholic Church. ..."
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