dolmen
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
dolmen [Breton,=stone table], burial chamber consisting of two or more upright stone slabs supporting a capstone or table, typical of the Neolithic period in Europe. See megalithic monuments .
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IL&P get cold feet on Dolmen buyout amid credit crunch Bank wary ... stockbroking arm to its business by buying Dolmen Stockbrokers. It is understood IL&P ... anything to worry it. It is understood Dolmen, which is due to publish results for ...
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&type=2 "Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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Outrage as historic dolmen is turned into 'baked potato'.(NEWS)
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Byline: CHRISTINA PARK AN HISTORIC Irish dolmen has been wrapped in tin foil and silver ... visited it recently. The famous 70-ton dolmen was saidto have been used asa bed by Diarmaid ... forbids it. Labby Rock is one of the largest dolmens in Ireland, with a roofstone weighing ...
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Airtricity raising EU100m through Dolmen bond.(BUSINESS)
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Gauls getting goosebumps: summer's spooky 'Dolmen' scares up big TV ratings.(TELEVISION/INTERNATIONAL)
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... It may be corny, but the web's $18 million six-parter Dolmen has had the whole of France glued to the TV every Monday ... bow, Lost has hooked only 7 million viewers at most. Dolmen also has been a big hit in French-speaking Switzerland ... most successful TV export, which airs around the world. Dolmen was ...
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&type=1 "Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)")
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Dolmens, Kyongju Set to Be Designated as World Heritages.
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Wake Forest University Press celebrated its 30th birthday and the official opening of the Dolmen Archive at Wake Forest this past spring during the Press's annual Irish Festival.(Brief article)
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... IS Gallic web TF1's summer miniseries Dolmen ended with a bang July 19, with the last ... most successful French miniseries ever. Dolmen, which stars a cast from various TF1 TV ... one-upmanship in ratings, budgets and stars. Dolmen had an $18 million budget and a sexy leading ...
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... can no longer be determined, built the dolmen during the Early Bronze Age IB, about ... today, or early settlers at the site. Dolmens can be found throughout the Mediterranean ... Constructed with large boulders, the dolmens often exceeded three meters in size. Sadly ...
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... types of cultural monuments: Neolithic dolmens, late Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circles ... the heavens, seems entirely credible. Dolmens In their discussion of the shapes and ... an uncanny resemblance to the forms of dolmen chambers in some cases, but the point ...
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