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Megalithic structure

noun
1.
Memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe).  Synonym: megalith.





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... windows. It is in this room that the remarkable nature of the work in the hypogeum is most apparent. On entering it one sees at once that the intention of the original excavator was to produce in solid rock underground a copy of a megalithic structure above ground. Thus the walls curve slightly inwards towards the top as do those of the apses of Mnaidra and Hagiar Kim, and the ceiling is cut to represent a roof of great blocks laid across from wall to wall with a space left open in the centre where the ...
— Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders • T. Eric Peet


Words linked to "Megalithic structure" :   memorial, dolmen, standing stone, cromlech, monument, Europe, megalith, portal tomb, menhir


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