megalithic
relating to ancient construction works using stones of great size, such as dolmens or menhirs, or to the era in which these were constructed:Hundreds of megalithic structures throughout Europe are oriented to the solstices and the equinoxes.
Origin of megalithic
1Other words from megalithic
- pre·meg·a·lith·ic, adjective
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How to use megalithic in a sentence
It appears in the later megalithic tombs and the underground stone vaults or cists.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThis movement is augmented somewhat, perhaps very little, by recruits from the megalithic zone of northwestern Europe and Denmark.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. Tylermegalithic monuments have been made quite recently by primitive Indian peoples.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsIt was no real refuge to them, but its megalithic precincts gave some lying illusion of safety.
Shock Treatment | Stanley MullenRegarding the nomenclature of the several species of megalithic monuments met with in Brittany some 38 definitions are necessary.
Legends & Romances of Brittany | Lewis Spence
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