stone circle

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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.

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