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Definition of Kistvaen
1. n. A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.
Definition of Kistvaen
1. Noun. A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kistvaen
1. cist [n -S] - See also: cist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kistvaen
Literary usage of Kistvaen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... to us are rude stone circles, and the upright slabs and mounds, beneath which,
like the primitive kistvaen- peoples of Europe, they buried their dead. ..."
2. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"... and in the inside of a kistvaen with a skeleton and well - polished stone celt.
Specimens found in any such exceptional circumstances as these, however, ..."
3. The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor and Its Borderland by William Crossing (1902)
"... of Cross by the Wayside—Stone Pillar— Fox Tor—Tomb of Childe the Hunter—A
Tradition of the Forest— A Despoiled Monument—Discovery of a kistvaen—Death ..."
4. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries edited by John S. Amery (1903)
"... of Cross by the Wayside—Stone Pillar— Fox Tor—Tomb of Childe the Hunter—A
Tradition of the Forest— A Despoiled Monument—Discovery of a kistvaen—Death of ..."
5. An Exploration of Dartmoor and Its Antiquities: With Some Accounts of Its by John Lloyd Warden Page (1892)
"... Remains on the Yealm —The Wise Women of Wisdom—Harford—kistvaen and Ancient
Settlement—-Piles Wood—Stall Moor—Western Beacon—Ivybridge—Fardel— Inscribed ..."
6. The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments by Forbes Leslie (1866)
"... and valuables deposited for its use, but still found in such tombs.1 In
Circassia a monument in every way similar to the form of kistvaen of the Dekhan ..."
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