stone circle

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stone circle

noun stone circles

A prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle. 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.
Similar: cromlech, cyclolith

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noun prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle

한국어	환상열석 hwansang'yeolseok
Deutsch	Steinkreis

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@misc{stone_circle_2026,
  title = {stone circle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stone%20circle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}