stone circle

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Noun

stone circle (plural stone circles)

1. (archaeology) A prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle.

   Synonym: cyclolith

   • 1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325:

     Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.

Derived terms

• recumbent stone circle

Translations

prehistoric monument

German: Steinkreis (de) m Irish: ciorcal liag m Korean: 환상열석(環狀列石) (hwansang'yeolseok) Norwegian: Bokmål: steinsirkel m Nynorsk: steinsirkel m Welsh: meingylch m

References

• “stone circle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• electronics, reconcilest