Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1892)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 147
us by their magnitude, while all of * In this country it has become stone. They should therefore, I the custom to reverse these two consider, be used as in the text. I names. Cromlech, however, is de- may add that menhir, a standing rived from crom, a circle, and stone, is derived from maen, lech,… … Plan of the preceding. In our own island the smaller tumuli may be seen onalmost every down; in the Orkneys alone it is estimated thatmore than two thousand still remain; in France there are4000 dolmens, 1600 menhirs, and 450 stone circles; in Den-mark they are even more abundant; they are found…
Archaeology · Indigenous peoples
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