Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 156
onuments, generally con-structed of one or more unhewn stones of colossal sizeplaced horizontally upon two, three, or four uprightblocks, and sometimes on heaps of unmortared stones,the whole covered witli earth, or left exposed. These arethe dolmens,^ called also covered alleys, druidic altars,… … FiQ. 42. Specimen of uncoveked uoLMl;^. Isolated uprighf stones may also be observed; theseare known as menhirs (fig. 46). The menhirs are enor-mous blocks of stone, triangular, pyramidal, or conical, akind of unhewn or roughly squared obelisk, sometimesocfurring singly, sometimes in groups or…
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