| 单词 | dolmen |
| 例句 | At a crossroads a ground set with dolmen stones where the spoken bones of oracles lay moldering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They sat on the bare stone in a circle, all of them cloaked and hooded, rough still shapes like a circle of dolmens in the faint glow of the fire yards away. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Lundbye depicts dolmens in profile repeatedly and, in one watercolor drawing, from the inside. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z "The dolmens and the ancient churches and these ancient crosses signify for him this eternal kind of spiritual force." Object Lesson: Two images, two photography roads taken 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The vestiges of British rule and Irish nobles, forts and castles, dot the landscape, along with stone dolmens, built thousands of years ago, but for what purpose and how remains a mystery. Chasing Waves on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Anciently created as single-chamber tombs, dolmens dot the Danish landscape, and during the Romantic era became emblems of home pride, of national strength and lastingness. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z In several landscapes, including Lundbye’s, a distinctive nonnatural element recurs: a prehistoric stone structure of upright boulders with a capstone known as a dolmen. The Danish Experience: Art That Marries Real and Ideal 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z A five-minute walk away from Kenmare’s Main Square, a somber mound features a large Bronze Age stone circle: 15 huge, standing stones surround a flat-topped boulder dolmen, marking an ancient seat of Celtic power. On Ireland’s southwest coast, history-rich Kenmare is the gateway to County Kerry 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The show consists of seven tall sculptures in a room painted black — a grove of dolmens as it were, happened upon at night. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The first of these periods, which corresponds to the Neolithic, coincides with a spread in the use of dolmens designed for collective burials. Ritual use of human remains dating from the Neolithic 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z In ink and watercolor, Lundbye portrays an artist drawing the coastal landscape outdoors, as he leans back against a funerary dolmen with sketchpad in hand. Review: A striking Danish art show at the Getty unpacks what it means to be a nation in turmoil 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It wasn’t long before his team dug up the dolmen’s entryway, a portal so narrow that the structure could have been built by benevolent giants for a colony of hobbits. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z "The dolmen emerges and the dolmen tourism begins," he told Reuters after a busy day spent shuttling tourists to the site and back. 'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Dr de Jersey added it was "hard to say" why the specific location was chosen but he expects a prehistoric tomb, known as a dolmen, was associated with the area. Prehistoric human bones in Guernsey discovered by coastal walker 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Visitors will see a Tibetan Buddhist stupa, a 40-foot diameter stone circle, Nuu-chan-nulth tribal medicine wheels created for Earth Sanctuary, a dolmen megalith, contemporary art and more. Discover Washington: A romantic weekend on Whidbey Island | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The art was found on dolmens, single-chamber burial structures built from huge rocks in what is now the Yehudiya Nature Reserve in the Galilee and Golan Heights. Mysterious rock art discovered in megalithic tombs in Israel 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “The combination of climate change and new electricity policies is very bad news for the preservation of the dolmen, since changes in the environment rapidly weaken the stones,” Mr. Castaño said. With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Thousands of years ago, megaliths began to appear in Europe — standing stones, dolmens, stone circles. Ancient European Stone Monuments Said to Originate in Northwest France 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The unmistakable seven stone dolmen are all that remain of the ancient site. Watch CGI video of Pentre Ifan 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z There the old dolmen, beneath which the grey wolf that ate the two children of Tornic had its lair. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel-Hai College studied four different sites where dolmen builders engraved “artistic motifs” on the walls of the tombs. Mysterious rock art discovered in megalithic tombs in Israel 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z “In our last measurements we verified that the constant trampling of visitors from 2019 to 2021 caused a decrease in the sediments, due to their plasticity, which left the dolmen’s supports almost without a base.” With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Some of the early monuments were dolmens, tablelike structures that look like the Greek letter Pi. Ancient European Stone Monuments Said to Originate in Northwest France 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Slowly and absorbedly the two went on exploring the pages of the book; stopping to read, stopping to talk and discuss the questions of tumuli and stone circles, dolmens and menhirs. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z In the passage dolmens, the stone structure forms the entry way to a burial mound. Economy crisis saves Spanish ruins but buries future 2011-12-12T16:36:54Z A human face is depicted on the capstone of one dolmen and geometric shapes were engraved into another dolmen. Mysterious rock art discovered in megalithic tombs in Israel 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z The dolmen is composed of three or more upright stones sustaining one or more coverers, and was often buried under a cairn. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z While we were in the train he read from the guide book, and told me about curious “dolmens,” or mounds of stone, which are supposed to have been built to mark the ancients’ burying places. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z After that, Woden seemed to Maggie to have strong claim to all the upright stones and altar-looking dolmens that are found where the worship of Woden has once prevailed. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z The Aljarafe region outside the city of Seville in southern Spain, with a rich Arabic and Christian history, is believed to house Europe's most extensive grouping of tholos dolmens, dating back some 5,000 years. Economy crisis saves Spanish ruins but buries future 2011-12-12T16:36:54Z The dolmen is a large flat stone, placed like a table, upon two others which are set upright. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The Breton's eyes are slowly turning from the enchanted West, and slowly his ears are forgetting the whisper of the wind around menhir and dolmen. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Here one first becomes acquainted with men284hirs and dolmens, examples of which are to be found in the neighbourhood, not so remarkable as those of Brittany, but still of the same family. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Leaving Stennis they went on to Runic crosses, German dolmens, and French dolmens, and on and on, from country to country. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z But the visitor is catapulted back into the present upon reaching the dolmen. Economy crisis saves Spanish ruins but buries future 2011-12-12T16:36:54Z Certain monuments, which are called, according to their form, menhirs, dolmens or cromlechs. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Grey dolmen and grey menhir already stand there, by the last shores, memorials of his destiny. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The antiquities of Galilee include dolmens and rude stone monuments, rock-cut tombs, and wine-presses, with numerous remains of Byzantine monasteries and fine churches of the time of the crusades. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z “There is a dolmen under the trees,” he said. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Such great boulders often have crevices beneath, whether this was a natural hollow, or whether the boulder was the capstone of a dolmen was not known. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Within the dolmen, which was so revered that the neighbours swore their chief oath by it, were kept certain sacred scriptures. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The moon-worshipper did no worse when he led the chosen victim to the dolmen. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Here is a dolmen composed of a horizontal table supported by two stones only, one at each end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z As the moon swept slowly higher the pale light fell upon the boulders and the dolmen as it had fallen for so many ages past. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z He refers to four or five others, all in the northern part of the peninsula, and regards them as "intermediate in form between a cist and a dolmen." Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The later cave-dwellers and early dolmen builders of Europe were at first long-headed, then of medium type, and finally in some places exclusively round-headed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z In Denmark, and many other places, the dead were buried in dolmens or tumuli. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z He would give you a learned and lengthy dissertation on Runic stones, dolmens, tumuli, and the like. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z “And no doubt what you call the dolmen is the Cave.” Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z After a death a long waterworn stone is usually placed in one of the old dolmens which are scattered over the Nilgiri plateau, but occasionally a small dolmen is raised to mark the burial. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z "Absurd, yes; but it all acquired a curiously disturbing significance on the day when Maguennoc was able to compare the scraps of prophecy engraved on the dolmen with the complete prophecy." The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z A dolmen is a monument consisting of several perpendicular stones covered with a great block or slab. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z All our old traditions prove our dolmens to have been the general rendezvous of our insular sorcerers. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z In a rude circle the great grey boulders crouched around her; just opposite was the dolmen. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Their remains are associated with the characteristic forms of sepulchral monuments the dolmens and the long barrows. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z On the top was a dolmen with two sturdy supports and a long, oval granite table. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The dolmens occur also in Scandinavia, France, and Brittany. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z In sixteenth and seventeenth century manuscripts I have found these dolmens described as “altars of the gods of the sea”.... The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z An idea suddenly occurred to him; he went on his knees and crawled right under the table-stone of the dolmen—into the tomb. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Near them is the Trethevy dolmen, the largest in Cornwall, the cover stone being 14 ft. long and 9 ft. wide. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z But there is another one underneath, which is protected by the dolmen and which you can't see from here; and that is the one on which the selected victims were offered up. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z If these people were cannibals, the evidence must rest solely on the human bones discovered at a dolmen near the village of Hammer, Denmark, which had been subjected to the action of fire. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z He considered them to have been of young persons probably interred alive as a funeral or propitiatory sacrifice to some tribal chief, or else to a presiding deity of the dolmen. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Again, the dolmens of Ireland bear a distinct resemblance to those of Spain and Portugal, while the French dolmens, with few exceptions in the north, have a different character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Nine big stones in a straight line are followed by a menhir, a disposition often seen on Dartmoor; and at Pawton is a dolmen called the Giant's Quoit, an exceptionally fine example. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z She was there, lying on the lower table of the dolmen, shrouded in veils as before. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z When these dolmens remain in the state in which they were left, still covered with earth, they take the name of tumuli. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Their favourite haunts are near fountains and dolmens. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z They are a natural development of the dolmen. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race In comparison with some of the foreign dolmens, however, it is but small. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z They settled themselves under the dolmen and each in turn kept watch while the other slept. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The dolmen which is known as Pierre-Lev�e, to the east of the town, is the most remarkable in P�rigord. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Cromlech is the Welsh equivalent for the Breton dolmen, but Breton archaeologists use cromlech to describe a circle formed by menhirs. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The dolmens proper gave place in the end to great chambered mounds or tumuli, as at New Grange, which we also reckon as belonging to the Megalithic People. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race In the dolmen proper, the supporters of the great capstone are columns and not merely slabs enclosing the space. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z I told you that it would be all over at twelve o'clock precisely and that we should meet at the dolmen. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The most remarkable consist of long avenues of menhirs or standing stones; but there is also a profusion of other erections, such as dolmens and barrows, throughout the whole district. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" They are exactly like the long stones and dolmens which are found in Brittany, in Ireland, in Galicia in Spain, and other parts of Europe. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy The primary intention of the dolmen was to represent a house or dwelling-place for the dead. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race We do at least know that the dolmen was raised above a burial, in the one instance of Zennor above two. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z He dashed off in the direction of the grassy sward that led to the dolmen; and he stopped half way. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Scarcely less remarkable is the great solitary dolmen, which still exists intact, though of its origin nothing is known, even in tradition. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century The space of a night was usually sufficient in which to raise a dolmen. Legends & Romances of Brittany Borlase that the typical design of an Irish dolmen was intended to represent a ship. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Above them was a dolmen, and above that relics of British and Roman times, the whole being crowned by a Christian oratory! Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z She reflected that the best place would be at the end of the island, at the spot where the dolmen stood. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Also in connection with this in furtherance of a religious idea were great dolmens and stone temples, where undoubtedly the ancients met to worship. History of Human Society A dolmen is a large, table-shaped stone, supported by three, four, or even five other stones, the bases of which are sunk in the earth. Legends & Romances of Brittany Hauntings of this type generally occur where excavations have been made, a barrow broken into, or a dolmen removed; the manifestations generally taking the form of phantasms of the dead, the prehistoric dead. Byways of Ghost-Land It is, however, tolerably evident that these have been produced by the gradual disintegration of the granite, and that the dolmen in the Teign is due to the action of the river. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" How could they do other than think of that inscription, of the words written ages ago on the pages of the missal and on the stone of the dolmen? The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z These sacrifices were made upon rude stone altars called dolmens, which can still be seen in Northern Europe. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Occasionally legend assists us to prove the mortuary character of menhir and dolmen. Legends & Romances of Brittany Nevertheless, in almost all the dolmens and later tombs mirrors of bronze were placed. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Local tradition suggests that Dickens intended the episode for a skit upon archaeological theories about the dolmens known as Kit's Coty House, and that a Strood antiquary keenly resented the satire. Dickens-Land He was everywhere; he was master of the island, master of the subterranean dwellings, master of the heaths and woods, master of the sea around them, master of the dolmens and the coffins. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The tombs among the trees: broken columns, pyramids, temples, dolmens, obelisks, and Etruscan vaults with doors of bronze. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The all�e couverte is a dolmen on a large scale. Legends & Romances of Brittany In the Korean peninsula the dolmen with a megalithic roof is not uncommon, and the sepulchral pottery bears a close resemblance to that of the Yamato tombs. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The custom of burning the body commenced in the Stone Age, before the long barrow or the dolmen had passed out of use. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Pick up the Hun," he ordered, "and carry him up to the dolmen outside. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Above the Stone Age burial was a dolmen of the Bronze Age; and above this were layers that told of Romano-British civilisation. The Cornwall Coast Daylight, too, frequently surprised the fairy builders, so that they could not finish their task, as many a ‘roofless’ dolmen shows. Legends & Romances of Brittany The dolmen is regarded by archaeologists as the most characteristic feature of the Yamato tombs. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The megalithic remains, the dolmens, menhirs, cromlechs and stone circles are said to resemble more closely those of northern Africa than the larger remains of Brittany and of the British Isles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Between the two supports of the dolmen, stretched on the sacrificial table and clad in a spotless gown that came down to her feet, lay the Druidess. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z From the mysterious dolmen and the legendary well to the stone that marks the fusillade of the heroes of La Vendée there is a continuous chain of historic event in these central provinces. Stray Studies from England and Italy They are very brief, and appear for the most part to deal with fairies who have been shut up by the power of magic in a dolmen. Legends & Romances of Brittany Seen in plan, the dolmens presented many shapes: a simple chamber or gallery; a chamber with a gallery, or a series of chambers with a gallery. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They did not play with flint-knives and set up dolmens where New York now stands. American Sketches 1908 Vorski had hurried across the space between himself and the dolmen and, stooping, almost kneeling, was examining the turquoises. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Prehistoric giants had played with dolmens and cyclopean boulders, and left their toys scattered in confusion. The Car of Destiny A place in Brittany; the dolmen at, 51 Lancelot, Sir. Legends & Romances of Brittany Within the dolmen, also, clay effigies are often found, which appear to have been substitutes for retainers of high rank. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Around it, the Celts, the first inhabitants of our country, built their huts: its summit was covered by the sacred wood, in the midst of which rose the druidical dolmen. Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Don Luis was silent and began to pace up and down before the dolmen. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z Auray is a good central point for visiting the Celtic remains:—menhirs, dolmens, cromlechs, all of which are as plentiful here as are calvaries, shrines, and churches in Léon. Brittany & Its Byways A village in Brittany; the dolmen of, 53 Estaing, Pierre d’. Legends & Romances of Brittany The dolmen also existed in China in very early times, but had been replaced by a chamber of finished masonry not later than the ninth century B.C. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era I have referred to these Indian dolmens for the specific purpose of illustrating the complexities of the processes of diffusion of culture. The Evolution of the Dragon The ancient Druid approves; and, while you go up to the dolmen and Stéphane keeps an eye on you, he continues to question Elfride. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The second dolmen had also a grotto or allée couverte, in which was found an earthen pot, containing ashes and three gold necklaces. Brittany & Its Byways The name given to a dolmen near Dol, 48 Dolmens. Legends & Romances of Brittany It was at one time supposed that the highly specialized form of dolmen found in Japan had no counterpart anywhere on the continent of Asia, but that supposition has proved erroneous. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The later Indian temples, both Buddhist and Hindu, were developed from these early dolmens, as Mr. Longhurst's reports so clearly demonstrate. The Evolution of the Dragon Yes, we make a strange discovery, my friends and I: we find a woman prowling round the dolmen, who hides as we come up. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z One of the top stones overhangs the others, showing the dolmen to have been originally larger. Brittany & Its Byways Sometimes they took gay donkey-drives to visit a solemn dolmen in a gloomy pine-wood, with mistletoe hanging from the trees, and the ghosts of ancient Druids haunting the spot. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag They dug in the remote and not very cultured Transmontane province, and, in one dolmen found objects “the most extraordinary possible,” says Father Brenha. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Moreover, in the southern environs of Saumur, in the midst of vineyards producing exclusively white wines, is one of the most remarkable dolmens known. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines As to the form of the monuments, it is very variable at different ages; there are some covered passages or chambers completely closed, some dolmens with openings like those of India. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 These dolmens belong to a much later period of civilisation than those of Locmariaker—to the "Bronze" Age. Brittany & Its Byways He still, without doubt, sleeps, lost, forgotten, beneath the rock which the shepherds of the heath take for the gigantic abode of a dolmen. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" First, because I see no parallelism whatever between the contrasted objects from the Portuguese dolmens and the Clyde ancient sites, beyond the fact that they are both ‘queer things.’ The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore While visiting the vineyards of Varrains and Chacé we came upon a couple of dolmens—vestiges of the ancient Celtic population of the valley of the Loire singularly abundant hereabouts. Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Inside the square was a rough heap of granite, a cairn, gray with lichens, in the centre of which stood, or rather leaned, a tall square block of granite, like a dolmen. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow The dolmens contain implements of stone and bone, occasionally gold and bronze, but never iron. Brittany & Its Byways The most curious sight is a dolmen or isolated rock 10 meters high, left in the center of one of the quarries to certify the thickness of the bed of rock excavated. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Meanwhile I know of no archaeologists except Portuguese archaeologists, who have seen the objects from the dolmen, and of no Portuguese archaeologist who disputes their authenticity. The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Who planned the caverns, the lake villages, the mounds, the dolmens? History Of Ancient Civilization The hollow space beneath the dolmen was considered the altar-gate leading to paradise, so that whosoever passed through it was certain to obtain new life or immortality. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Huge blocks of granite are scattered about in every direction, jutting out from among the furze—menhirs, cromlechs, and dolmens—a perfect wilderness of Celtic remains. Brittany & Its Byways There the old dolmen, beneath which the grey wolf that ate the two children of Tornic had its lair. Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France Thirdly, the dolmen, which is a single slab of stone supported by several others arranged in such a way as to enclose a space or chamber beneath it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders These objects are found by thousands throughout Europe in the mounds, under the more recent dolmens, in the turf-pits of Denmark, and in rock-tombs. History Of Ancient Civilization In Ireland many dolmens are known, not as places of sepulture, but as "Diarmaid and Grainne's beds"—the places where these eloping lovers slept. The Religion of the Ancient Celts Midst these Roman remains are gigantic menhirs, barrows, and dolmens, vestiges of a still more ancient race. Brittany & Its Byways A stone placed on another one is called a "dolmen," whether it be horizontal or perpendicular. Over Strand and Field Both menhir and dolmen are Breton words, these two types of megalithic monument being particularly frequent in Brittany. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It was thought that the Celts originated the dolmens, but these have been found in sections which could never have been traversed by Celts. History Of Ancient Civilization The old idea that dolmens were Celtic altars is now abandoned. The Religion of the Ancient Celts They effectually prevented any of us sketching the dolmen, for, as soon as we began to draw, they all, in number about forty, came down from their height and pressed closely around us. Brittany & Its Byways But the poetical riches centre in the grotto of Héloïse, a sort of natural dolmen on the bank of the Sèvre. Over Strand and Field Menhir is derived from the Breton men, a stone, and hir, long; similarly dolmen is from dol, a table, and men, a stone. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Once we went round, and I saw the great dolmen and the gleam of sword Helmbiter beneath it. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet The tale is localised in various parts of Ireland and the Highlands, many dolmens in Ireland being known as Diarmaid and Grainne's beds. The Religion of the Ancient Celts At the other end of the dolmen was an avenue of stones, some supporting the skeletons of horses' heads. Brittany & Its Byways A brown shadow moved in the bracken near the dolmen, a brown face peered with infinite caution, round a flank of the great stones. Mount Music Some archæologists also apply the word dolmen to rectangular chambers roofed with more than one slab. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Then I had Helmbiter in my hand, and I shouted, and stepped back to the narrow door of the dolmen, and there stood, while the wild men gathered in a ring and howled at me. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet Associated words: ultimo, proximo, instant. monthly, a. mensal, menstrual. monument, n. tombstone, memorial; cenotaph; dolmen, cromlech. Putnam's Word Book They were discovered in a group of dolmens near the village, opened in 1830, consisting of three grottos or allées couvertes, a kind of triple dolmen, covered over with a mound. Brittany & Its Byways Near a ridge of the hill, in one of the shallow valleys that furrowed, like ploughshares, its long slant, there was a dolmen, three huge stones, with a fourth poised on it. Mount Music Those who have seen the modern Arabs in excavation work move huge blocks with wooden levers and palm-leaf rope will realize that for the building of the dolmens little was needed except numbers and time. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders And he would have it so, and I, seeing that he was refreshed, was glad to lie down and sleep inside the dolmen, bidding him wake me in two hours and rest in turn. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet Wherever they went, the members of the race buried their dead in rude stone cairns or cromlechs, the dolmens of the French antiquarians. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations This hill and its outliers are a museum of stone circles and dolmens, the best known of which is the "Helstone," or Stone of the Dead. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter In the interior of this I found a dolmen or quadrilateral wall about 10 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4½ feet wide. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians If the dolmen was to be partly or wholly covered with a mound, as some certainly were, it would not even be necessary to remove the slope. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Smiting and kicking, I got clear of them, and saw that the dolmen towered across the fire, and straightway I knew that through the smoke was the only way. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet On our way over the hills from Roc-Amadour, we passed two dolmens, one of which was in good preservation. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine She wants to go out of Vannes—to see the chateaux, the dolmens. Frances Waldeaux These are now usually called cromlechs, in accordance with the term used by French antiquaries, though formerly this name was applied in England to the dolmens, or chambered structures, of which we shall speak presently. English Villages In Europe the distribution of dolmens and other megalithic monuments is wide. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Not only have dolmens, tumuli, and bronze implements been found hereabouts in abundance, but also cave-dwellings and traces of the Age of Stone. The Roof of France Those who have been to the trouble of excavating have almost invariably found in each dolmen a cella containing human bones. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine In the north-west of Spain, at Cangas-de-Ones, near Oviedo, is a little church of probably the tenth or eleventh century, built on top of a cairn that covers a dolmen. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Near the circle stand the Five Whispering Knights, five large stones leaning together, probably the remains of a dolmen, and a large solitary stone, or menhir. English Villages Thus the Penrith circle is locally known as "Meg and her Daughters," a dolmen in Berkshire is called "Wayland the Smith's Cave," while in one of the Orkney Isles is a menhir named "Odin's Stone." Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders I owe him a debt for having led me a charming walk by moonlight to see a dolmen—the largest and best preserved of all those I had already seen in Southern France and elsewhere. Two Summers in Guyenne Had I obtained a meal at Crégols, I should have looked for some dolmens said to be in the neighbourhood, but failure in one respect spoilt my zeal in the other. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The dolmen served as a crypt to the church, and from it have been recovered objects in stone and copper of a prehistoric period. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe We know that there were such people as the Druids, but we no longer attribute to them the great stone circles nor imagine them sacrificing on “Druid’s altars,” as our forefathers called the dolmens. English Villages A dolmen in Wales is his quoit; the circle at Penrith is his round table, and that of Caermarthen is his park. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders No country in Europe is without its cromlechs and dolmens, huge earthen tumuli, great flagged sepulchres, and enclosures of tall pillar-stones. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. Men had begun to raise huge dolmens which are found in various parts of the Old World from England to India. Early European History Mr. Ferguson erroneously claimed the dolmen as evidence that rude stone monuments continued to be erected till late in the Middle Ages. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe The last class of rude stone monuments is composed of dolmens, or chambered tombs, so named from the Welsh word dol, a table, and maen or men, a stone. English Villages In certain parts of France peasants are afraid to shelter under the dolmens, and never think of approaching them by night. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the rest of Europe there is not a single barrow, dolmen, or cist of which the ancient traditional history is recorded; in Ireland there is hardly one of which it is not. Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. A dolmen was a single chambered tomb formed by laying one long stone over several other stones set upright in the ground. Early European History It is, in fact, a prehistoric dolmen under a tumulus, on top of which a chapel was erected in 1702-4. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Above the water we found an immense natural dolmen, under which apparently the Bedawin take shelter. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 One of the dolmens of Finistère is said to cure rheumatism in anyone who rubs against the loftiest of its stones, and another heals fever patients who sleep under it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the interior of this I found a dolmen or quadrilateral wall about 10 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4-1/2 feet wide. An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians However, we are a little fed up with dolmens and menhirs and we have fallen on fetes and have seen costumes which they said had been suppressed but which the old people still wear. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters It is a dolmen, of which only the cover, a huge mass of granite remains intact, in an island of the Vienne. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe In the middle of one of these inner circles, that on the north, was a dolmen, whilst that on the south enclosed in the centre but a single upright menhir. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Here when a horse has cast a shoe the rider must leave it in front of the dolmen called "The Cave of Wayland the Smith," placing at the same time a coin on the cover-stone. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders I later examined three circular mounds, but in them I found no dolmens. An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians I have not found my article on the dolmens. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Thus altered, the dolmen served as a baldachin or canopy over the stone Christian altar that is still in place beneath it. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe There are still no less than fourteen dolmens and thirty-nine cromlechs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Many of the so-called cromlechs of England are not true dolmens, but the remains of tombs of more complicated types. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Valiant Porthos! he still, without doubt, sleeps, lost, forgotten, beneath the rock the shepherds of the heath take for the gigantic abode of a dolmen. The Man in the Iron Mask The Celtic dolmen and cromlech, the Etruscan tumulus, the Hebrew galgal, are words. Notre-Dame De Paris Our tombstones are direct descendants of the menhir and the obelisk, our altar-tombs of the dolmen, our family vault of the primeval cave ossuary. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Sometimes such avenues form communications between several dolmens, leading us to suppose that near the chief slept the members of his family or his favorite companions. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In the third type of barrow there is no chamber connected with the outside, but its place is taken by several dolmens—so small as to be mere cists—within the mound. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Who had set up these rocks and stones like the dolmens of prehistoric times? Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Thousands of these dolmens and stone pyramids stretch in endless rows to the north. Beasts, Men and Gods Formerly, they must have been Druids, gathering mistletoe in the sacred forests and sacrificing men upon their dolmens. Beatrix Cromlechs are circles of upright stones often surrounding dolmens or tumuli. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Passing now to monuments of more definitely sepulchral type we find that the dolmen is not frequent in Scotland, though several are known in the lowlands and in part of Argyllshire. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The whole stands on three short pillars and gives a very fair imitation of the underrock shelter in the form of a small dolmen. The Life of the Spider The finest of all, however, the dolmen of Fontanaccia, has seven blocks supporting the cover, one at each short end, three in one of the long sides, and two in the other. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders None of the dolmens are covered by mounds. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Similar traces of feasts are met with beneath the dolmens and the tumuli. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The simple dolmen is found in almost all parts of the country. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Morocco, Tunis, Algeria, and Tripoli all abound in dolmens and other monuments. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Each grave consists of a dolmen within a circle of stones. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The circle consists of a wall of stone blocks so built as to neutralize the slope of the hill and to form a level platform for the dolmen. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders There is one group of dolmens at Ali Safat, in Palestine, in which the supports of the table are pierced with an opening. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples This form of tomb is without doubt a link between the simple dolmen and the corridor-tomb. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the centre of the circle lies the dolmen with its single long cover-slab. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The dolmen itself is, of course, built directly on to the platform, and the space between it and the circle is filled up with rough stones. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Each dolmen lies in the centre of a stone circle. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders One fifth of the weapons, especially the swords and daggers found beneath the dolmens, are of bronze. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In many cases the Irish simple dolmens were surrounded by a circle of upright stones. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders But in most cases it was impossible to make out clearly more than the one outer circle and the dolmen within it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The dolmen itself consisted of a large slab resting on walls formed of several large blocks, the spaces between which were filled up with smaller stones. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The dolmens were not oriented according to any fixed system. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In Lower Galilee a single dolmen has been found; in Upper Galilee four of moderate dimensions are known. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The earliest type appears to be the simple dolmen with either four or five sides and a very rough cover-slab. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The cover-slabs of the dolmens usually rest on single uprights, and never on built walls. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Morocco, too, has its dolmens, especially in the district of Kabylia, while near Tangier there is a stone circle. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Neither of these arguments has much force, nor is it easy to see how the cells are derived from dolmens. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders These dolmens are said by the country people to have been set up by a race of giants who built them as shelters for a dwarf people on whom they had compassion. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In later times the dolmen became more regularly rectangular in shape, and only its roof-block appeared above the mound. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders They are always open to the front, and instead of the rough unhewn block which should cover a dolmen they are roofed with a well-squared slab. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It was for a long time believed that there were no dolmens in Malta. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The first group lies in Bulgaria, where no less than sixty dolmens have been found north of Adrianople. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In France, dolmens with openings are so numerous that it is difficult to make a selection. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Contemporary with this later form of dolmen were several other types of tomb. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders A similar closure slab with a hole is also found in certain rock-tombs quite close to this dolmen. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Apparently none of these dolmens have been systematically excavated, and nothing is known of their date. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It is, however, probable that these trilithons were not, like the dolmens, tombs, but served some religious purpose, possibly connected with the worship of the menhirs. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Was it the Turanians, with their worship of ancestor's, their respect for the tombs of their forefather's, and their desire to perpetuate their memory to eternity, who set up the dolmens of Brittany? Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The earliest of these types in point of view of development, the true dolmen, is common both in Denmark and in South Sweden; only one example exists in Norway. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The central and southern parts of India afford numerous examples of dolmens. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the Nilgiri hills there are stone circles and dolmens, and numbers of dolmens are said to exist in the Neermul jungle in Central India. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Several of the Indian dolmens are said to have contained objects of iron. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The chief dolmen has within it as many as ten chambers. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Keller in one edition of his Lake Dwellings figures two supposed dolmens north of Lake Pfäffikon in Switzerland, but we have no details with regard to them. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders As no dolmen has yet been found in Japan we cannot at present derive the corridor-tomb there from it. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It is, however, worthy of mention that true dolmens occur as near as Corea, though none have been reported from China. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Passing further afield we find holes in the Giants' Graves of Sardinia, and in Syria, the Caucasus, and India, where half the dolmens in the Deccan are of this type. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The builders of the dolmens did not hesitate to sacrifice their most precious objects, their richest ornaments, their hatchets and precious stones brought from a distance by their tribe in their long migrations. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The true dolmen is extremely rare in Germany, and only occurs in small groups in particular localities. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders But in the dolmens of Lozère distinctly broad skulls were frequent. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Thus in Sardinia the round type was mostly kept for the huts and nuraghi, while the rectangular was reserved for the dolmens and Giants' Graves. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders At this time the dolmens of North Africa were still unstudied. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Algeria presents a vast field for research, and it is easy to find dolmens and cromlechs, such as that shown in Fig. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Belgium possesses several true dolmens, of which the best known is that called La Pierre du Diable on the right bank of the Meuse. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In almost all countries where megalithic structures occur certain fixed types prevail; the dolmen is the most general of these, and it is clear that many of the other forms are simply developments of this. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It will be readily admitted that the commonest and most widely distributed form of the megalithic monument is the dolmen. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The Maltese cells are not like dolmens at all, they are either trilithons or tables resting on a pillar. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders On Mount Redgel-Safia six hundred dolmens have been made out, with stone tables resting on walls of dry stones and frequently surrounded by cromlechs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In the same region is a ruined dolmen surrounded by a circle nearly 90 feet in circumference, consisting of seven large stones, some of which appear to be partly worked. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It is hardly credible that these are the only two dolmens which ever existed in Malta. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders In the south-east of Europe lie three groups of dolmens which are no doubt in origin more closely connected with those of Asia than with those of the rest of Europe. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Occasionally the dolmen is surrounded by a double circle of stones or covered with a cairn. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders When the escarpment was too abrupt, it was levelled with the aid of a kind of retaining wall, which forms a terrace round the dolmen. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Circles are also found round dolmens in Andalusia. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The Deccan, in addition to its numerous dolmens, possesses also megalithic monuments of another type. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The true dolmen is not found in Japan, and all the known graves are corridor-tombs covered with a mound. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It is not improbable that, if we are right in considering the dolmen as the most primitive form of megalithic monument, megalithic architecture was funerary in origin. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The dolmens in the plain seem to have been constructed with even greater care. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Portugal abounds in fine dolmens both of the round and rectangular types. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders There is really no reason to derive either the dolmen or the corridor-tomb from dwellings at all. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Attention has been frequently drawn to curious round pits so often found on the stones of dolmens and usually known as cup-markings. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Even here the confusion between the two types is shown by the fact that near Birori there are two dolmens with a round plan. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Although, as a general rule, megalithic monuments are without ornamentation, there are a good many exceptions in the case of dolmens made of very hard granite, on which numerous carvings and engravings have been made. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In the name of the field, Fonte Coberta, there is doubtless an allusion to the belief that the dolmens conceal springs of water, a belief also held in parts of Ireland. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Faidherbe maintained the thesis that dolmens, whether in Europe or Africa, were the work of a single people moving southward from the Baltic Sea. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Perhaps, however, it was not the form of the dolmen which was brought by commerce, but simply the art of architecture in general, and this was adapted to burial purposes. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Here a well-defined dolmen was found northwest of the flat, ruined cairn, which harks the summit of the ride. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples It was in Brittany that the art of erecting dolmens reached its fullest development, and it is there that the relics found in the tombs are of the most important character. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples They are dolmens of ordinary type, except that in some cases the walls are formed not of upright slabs, but of stones roughly superposed one upon another. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders A more serious difficulty would be the placing of the table of the dolmen on the supports, which are often raised to a great height above the ground. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples These dolmens, which were doubtless reserved for the burial of chiefs, often contain many valuable objects. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples One of the supports of the dolmen of Petit-Mont-en-Arzon has on it a representation of two human feet in relief; that of Couedic in Lockmikel-Baden is paired with flat stones covered with engravings. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Hatchets or celts are more numerous than any other objects found beneath dolmens of Brittany. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples On the farm of the Grassi, near Lecce, are what appear to be two small dolmens at a distance of only 4 feet apart; they are perhaps parts of a single corridor-tomb. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders This piece of bone was rather larger than a five-franc piece, and the skull into which it had been fixed was found beneath the Lozere dolmen. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples These last-named objects justify us in dating the dolmen from the Bronze epoch, when the use of bronze began to spread over the district, though it was still not generally employed. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Beneath a dolmen of Algeria was found a crouching skeleton with two crania lying at his feet, which crania had doubtless belonged to victims immolated in his honor. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Beneath the dolmens of West Gothland have been found polished stone weapons and tools associated with the bones of domestic animals, in many cases bearing traces of the work of the hand of man. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples These two tombs can hardly be described as dolmens; they seem to have had no cover-slabs, and the blocks, which were small, were let into the earth, scarcely appearing above the surface. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders To Broca, the resemblance between the dolmens of Europe, Africa, and even of America proves but one thing the similarity of the aspirations and powers of all men. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The dolmen, which looks like an architectural building, is but a modification of primitive tombs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples It has been said, moreover, that the mode of construction of the dolmens, and we hate ourselves made the same remark, is far from being the same everywhere. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples We meet, for instance, with dolmens in Circassia and in the Crimea, but there are no others nearer than the Baltic. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Mackenzie has shown that the form is derived from the simple dolmen, and has pointed out several of the intermediate stages. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders The dolmens of Brittany have sepulchral chambers with long passages leading to them; those of the neighborhood of Paris have wide covered avenues with a very short entrance lobby. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples There can be no doubt on the point, however, and excavations beneath the dolmen of Marconnieres strikingly confirm the earlier discoveries of Dr. Prunieres. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Some archaeologists are of opinion that the openings in certain dolmens were used for throwing in the bones of the dead who successively went to join their ancestors. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples We find the same association of different materials in the Rocher dolmen. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples They consist of thirteen dolmens, forty-one menhirs, two alignements, and a cromlech. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders Beneath one of these dolmens was found one small bronze object, quite an exceptional instance of the occurrence of that metal. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The dolmen contained no metal objects, and there was no trace of metal on any of the bones. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples During the first centuries of the Christian era, strange rites were still performed in honor of dolmens and menhirs. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Hence we have crypts, kistvaens, and dolmens; and the resemblance between them proves nothing as to the parentage of their builders. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples The dolmens, which are of carefully chosen flat blocks showing no trace of work, are all rectangular in plan, and usually consist of four side-walls and a cover-slab. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders It may at first sight appear strange to include tumuli amongst stone monuments, but they almost always enclose a dolmen, a cist, or a crypt communicating with the outside by a covered passage. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Often, as I have already remarked, dolmens are buried beneath tumuli, but exceptions to this are numerous. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples They consist of long, square, circular, or oval enclosures — dolmens similar to those of Western Europe, — and almost always surrounded by circles of upright stones. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples In the Orkney Islands there are more than one hundred dolmens without tumuli, and Martinet failed to find any trace of mounds in Berry. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples |
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