Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 370
also frequently in these islands, though I do not know ifit occurs in Scandinavia. Mr. Du Noyer proposed to call them earth-fast dolmens, 1 from one end of the cap-stones alwaysresting on the ground, the other only being supported by a pillaror block. At first sight it might appear that they were… … Demi-dolmen. From Mal£, Antiquites du Morbihan. practically halved. If, however, any faith is to be placed in thisrepresentation of a monument by Male,2 it is clear that it wasa deliberate mode of getting rid of half the expense and halfthe trouble of erecting a dolmen sepulchre. Generally…
Megalithic monuments
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