cromlech

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Definition von cromlech im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A dolmen or ancient underground tomb

{i} (Archaeology) monument composed of stone megaliths encircling a mound; dolmen, tomb comprised of two vertical stone slabs supporting a horizontal stone slab

a prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone

They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries

A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others

Relevante Übersetzungen

A cromlech

quoit

A cromlech

dolmen

Silbentrennung

crom·lech

Etymologie

[ 'kräm-"lek ] (noun.) 1695. Welsh, from crom (feminine of crwm ‘bowed, arched’) + llech ‘(flat) stone’.