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dolmen
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dol·men
/ ˈdōlmən; ˈdäl-/
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a megalithic tomb with a large flat stone laid on upright ones, found chiefly in Britain and France.
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Hwasun Dolmen Festival to Offer Prehistoric Life Experience.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 4/8/2005; 700+ words
; ...photographs of dolmens, world cultural...can also visit dolmen sites of Hwasun...ultra-large dolmens weighing over...The largest dolmen at Daeshin-ri...found around the dolmen site. It was assumed that dolmens were first erected...
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Burren's 'mini-dolmen' trend criticised
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times; 10/1/2009; ; 632 words
; ...dismantle hundreds of mini-dolmens - little stone tables...year-old Poulnabrone dolmen. The then project manager...tourists erecting the dolmens are engaging in a form...the erection of these dolmens is like scribbling on...impressed by the real dolmen that they want to recreate...
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Dolmen Real Estate Development targets Qatari property buyers for attractive investment opportunities in Lebanon
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 5/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...their second home.Mohamad Ayash, CEO of Dolmen, which has a regional sales office in...returns in the first year of investment".Dolmen s.a.l., a privately owned Lebanese...in Qatar from 25th 28th May in Doha.Dolmen has adopted a revolutionary plan where...
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Dolmen Real Estate Development targets Qatari property buyers for attractive investment opportunities in Lebanon.
News Wire article from: Albawaba.com; 5/24/2009; 700+ words
; ...their second home.Mohamad Ayash, CEO of Dolmen, which has a regional sales office in...returns in the first year of investment".Dolmen s.a.l., a privately owned Lebanese...Qatar from 25th -- 28th May in Doha.Dolmen has adopted a revolutionary plan where...
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 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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IL&P get cold feet on Dolmen buyout amid credit crunch.
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 4/23/2008; 634 words
; IL&P get cold feet on Dolmen buyout amid credit crunch Bank wary of...stockbroking arm to its business by buying Dolmen Stockbrokers. It is understood IL&...anything to worry it. It is understood Dolmen, which is due to publish results for...
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 "Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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Outrage as historic dolmen is turned into 'baked potato'.(NEWS)
Magazine article from: Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 7/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...CHRISTINA PARK AN HISTORIC Irish dolmen has been wrapped in tin foil...recently. The famous 70-ton dolmen was saidto have been used asa...Rock is one of the largest dolmens in Ireland, with a roofstone...However, recent visitors to the dolmen got a rude awakening when a...
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Dolmen jumps after reportEUROPEMARKETPLACE by Bloomberg
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/20/2007; ; 425 words
; ...Herald Tribune 06-20-2007 Shares of Dolmen Computer Applications, a Belgian computer...The shares gained 70 cents to 13.19.Dolmen may start buying back its own shares...an analyst at Petercam in Brussels.Dolmen's net cash position stood at 28.5...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Roll away the stones! If you want a souvenir... buy a postcard, say environmentalists as they draft in pupils to demolish mini dolmens in the Burren.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...to build miniature dolmens and other stone structures...megalithic tombs and portal dolmens, the Burren's most well-known dolmen, Poulnabrone, dates...in to demolish the dolmens. As they dismantled...August. 'We built a dolmen in '03 and another...
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La France des dolmens et des sepultures collectives (4500-2000 avant J.-C.).(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...PHILIPPE SOULIER (ed.). La France des dolmens et des sepultures collectives (4500...and by Roger Joussaume on `Ethiopie: dolmens du Harrar et traditions des steles...coherent in its approach, is La France des dolmens, which, after a brief introduction by...
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Airtricity raising EU100m through Dolmen bond.(BUSINESS)
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 11/18/2006; 536 words
; ...Europe and the US. The company has engaged Dolmen to raise the note from it private clients. This the second EU100m note which Dolmen has raised for the wind energy company...years. According to a letter sent to Dolmen's private clients, a copy of which...
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dolmen
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
dolmen [Bret. tol , table; men...Harbison (1988) argues that the dolmen should more accurately be...usage persists. In Ireland dolmens are often called ‘...In Cornwall cromlechs/dolmens were thought to be the quoits...
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Dolmen Press
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Dolmen Press (1951–87), printer and publisher in Dublin, and later Mountrath. It was founded by Liam Miller (1924–87) to provide an outlet for Irish authors. Vincent Kinane
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Chartres
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...priests of an unknown religion constructed a dolmen (two or more large upright stones with...Gaul and Britain, made the mound and dolmen a center for the study of their religion...the well and the power point within the dolmen. When the first Christians appropriated...
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Bolger, Dermot
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Internal Exiles. Mountrath, Ireland, Dolmen Press, 1986. Leinster Street Ghosts...Raven Arts Press, 1986. Editor, The Dolmen Book of Irish Christmas Stories. Mountrath, Ireland, Dolmen Press, 1986. Editor, The Bright Wave...
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cromlech
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...three or more upright stones; called dolmen in English descriptions of sites in Ireland...cromlech’ may also describe a dolmen of more circular construction. When the...describe a squared or circular assemblage of dolmens, as at Carnac in Brittany .
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