dolmens in English

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1
a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones, found chiefly in Britain and France.
Some areas in northern France are also known for their megalithic standing stones, called dolmens or menhir.
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1. Megalithic burials (dolmens) have also been found in large numbers in Daegu.

2. Archaeologists study prehistoric burial sites, such as the megalithic dolmens that can be found throughout Ireland, for clues as to how people once lived

3. Ta' Sannat is in the south of Gozo, popular for its very high cliffs, ancient cart ruts, temples and dolmens, and rich fauna and flora.

4. The Celts were the first historically identifiable inhabitants of Brittany, but they probably intermingled with the earlier peoples who built the great stone monuments, the menhirs and dolmens, that still stand

5. Because the stones were being used to reinforce dikes as well as to build churches and dwellings, the Drenthe Landscape Administration enacted a law on July 21, 1734, protecting the dolmens.

6. ‘The stones were not dolmens or Cromlechs.’ ‘Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, Cromlechs and tumuli.’ ‘Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the Cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.’

7. The lone watchman Belies the archaeological importance of the site, surrounded by ancient dolmens and sacred groves with enormous and elaborately decorated terracotta horses.: And it Belies the idea of the writer as a placeless member of the Society of the Imagination.: However, an insidious form of segregation, happening within the educational system, Belies this simplistic view.