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colonnette twisted like a corkscrew, or a
spiral column.
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A new decorated menhir.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Furthermore, the Bretelliere menhir has the added distinction...a cluster of some 20 menhirs (extant or destroyed...Gruet 1967). The menhir of La Bretelliere measures...of engraved motifs on menhirs and passage-graves...France. The 4-m high menhir of Le Manio in the southern...
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New Era of Networks Acquires Menhir Limited; New Era of Networks and Menhir Limited Combine to Deliver Enterprise Application Integration.
Business Wire; 9/29/1997; 700+ words
; ...today announced the acquisition of Menhir Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom. Menhir is a provider of enterprise information...Questions and Answers About NEON and Menhir Who is NEON? New Era of Networks...
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Menhirs, Dolmen, and Circles of Stone: The Folklore and Magic of Sacred Stone.(RELIGION)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2005; 465 words
; BL457 2004-017625 0-87586-349-3 Menhirs, dolmen, and circles of stone; the folklore and magic of sacred stone. Varner, Gary R. Algora Publishing, [c]2004 215...
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Menhir from Mars. (Martian monuments)
Magazine article from: R & D; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...stereoscopic displays, we are largely speculating in a vacuum. If, somehow, we were to find that these monuments - these menhirs - are indeed artifacts, we wouldn't be able to put man on Mars fast enough to personally see for ourselves what further...
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Mysterious megaliths: the standing stones of Carnac, Brittany, France.
Magazine article from: World and I; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Menec is composed of 1,099 menhirs arranged in a dozen or so rows...stories, Alan pointed to a tall menhir--over five meters high...from the rest, called the Menhir of Krifol. He said it had...we learned that other large menhirs were also associated with fertility...
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Cist burials of the Kumaun Himalayas.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...available in Kumaun: cairns, menhirs (monoliths), dolmenoids, cists...One of the circles encloses a menhir. Four cairns were found near...two are roughly rectangular. Menhirs A sandstone menhir (145 x 45 x 21 cm) was found...
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Brittany's stone sentinels.
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...The megaliths -- called menhirs -- are arranged in almost...point from which the rows of menhirs fanned out. The cromlech also...creperie in the shadow of a menhir that is 6,000 or 7,000...the road is Kerlescan -- 555 menhirs arranged in 13 rows, preceded...
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Weathering of petroglyphs: direct assessment and implications for dating methods.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...engravings made on megalithic menhirs. The Central Park example...8 outside CDA-3b 6 35.2 menhir 56 inside CDA-56a 6 34.9 outside CDA-56b 13 31.0 menhir 64 inside CDA-64a 12 26...engravings into granitic stones menhir 25 inside PDM-25a 6 35...
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Campsite capers
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 12/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...campsite was called Le Menhir - only later learning...one of those blasted menhirs. It was a sore point...planting their own mini menhirs. Of all the area's...alignments at Carnac - 2,000 menhirs assembled in long rows...nights at Camping Le Menhir, St Gildas in Brittany...
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The `big stones' that vanished
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 12/7/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...cluster of megaliths, consisting of 84 menhirs - or standing stones arranged in rows...version of England's Stonehenge. The menhirs, measuring between 2 and 8 feet in height...some with beautiful purplish veins, the menhirs were thought to have been erected by Minangkabau...
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menhir
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
menhir a tall upright stone of a kind erected in prehistoric times in western Europe. The word comes from Breton men ‘stone’ + hir ‘long’.
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megalithic monument
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...chamber tomb, or dolmen ; the single standing stone, or menhir ; the stone row; and the stone circle. Chamber tombs were usually covered with earth mounds, forming a barrow . Menhirs sometimes stood alone near the entrance of a tomb or on top...
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Carnac
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...at the foot of the Quiberon peninsula. It is the site of remarkable megalithic monuments , particularly the menhir . The menhirs, formerly ascribed to the druids, extend along the coast in 11 parallel rows, 1,100 yd (1,006 m) long...
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Stonehenge
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...outermost is a circle of sandstones about 13.5 ft (4.1 m) high connected by lintels; the second is a circle of bluestone menhirs ; the third is horseshoe shaped; the innermost, ovoid. Within the ovoid lies the Altar Stone. The Heelstone is a great...
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Bondo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...domesticated cattle for sacrificial and dietary purposes, and erected megaliths (e.g., dolmens, stone circles, and menhirs). Settlements Generalizations regarding the nature of Bondo villages are not easily made. The typical Bondo village is built...
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