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Definition of Menhirs
1. menhir [n] - See also: menhir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menhirs
Literary usage of Menhirs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Excavations at Carnac (Brittany): A Record of Archaeological Researches in by James Miln (1881)
"Farther on numerous menhirs and fragments of menhirs are built into a modern ...
At 128 metres this wall joins two large menhirs standing erect—the one, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Commencing at the village of Menee, the menhirs are arranged in eleven rows. ...
After a still greater interval the menhirs again appear, but this time in ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"menhirs, elongated, rough-hewn monoliths standing with one end in the ground.
They are found of various sizes, from about 6 to as much as 67 feet high, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"menhirs are found m all megalithic countries. In the British Isles they are very
abundant, more especially in the less cultivated districts. ..."
5. The New Stone Age in Northern Europe by John Mason Tyler (1921)
"... in Morbihan, extending nearly 4000 metres, and composed of nearly 3000 menhirs.
Stonehenge and Avebury in England are almost equally celebrated. ..."
6. The Káfirs of the Hindu-Kush by George Scott Robertson (1896)
"... Mourning—menhirs — A dubious structure—Little effigies—Gateways. THE funeral
ceremonies of the Kafirs are curious and fantastic. ..."
7. The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments by Forbes Leslie (1866)
"CHAPTER X. menhirs l (COLUMNAR STONES)—DEVOTIONAL ; MEMORIAL. menhirs, Upright
Stones, the Earliest Emblems of Deities—Hare Stones not Boundary Stones—Stone ..."
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