Rude stone monuments in all countries; their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 414
urches as those of Cangas de Onis and Arrichinaga. They, infoct, seem to carry down the veneration for big stones to almostas late a date as the age indicated by the dolmen at Confolens(woodcut No. 123), and bring the probable erection of some ofthem at least, if not of all, within the historic… … Dolmen at Arroyolos. From Kin»ey. the most perfect and beautiful of its kind he had ever seen. Itwas circular, and consisted of stones immensely large and heavyat the bottom, which towards the top became thinner, havingbeen fashioned by the hau:l of art to something like the shape ofscallop-shells.…
Megalithic monuments
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