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megalithic

[ UK /mˌɛɡəlˈɪθɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths
    megalithic monuments like Stonehenge

How To Use megalithic In A Sentence

  • In Ireland and Great Britain, sacred wells derive their distant origins from megalithic and Celtic times.
  • Similarly we ought perhaps to disclaim any direct connection between the corridor-tombs of the megalithic area and the great _tholoi_ of Crete and the Greek mainland. Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders
  • Ewgrange is undoubtedly the best known megalithic monument in Ireland.
  • Along the north-west coast of Britain, megalithic sites were commonly associated with mythical giants or were giants turned to stone.
  • The megalithic passage tomb is illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise.
  • That soaring something on the skyline, a problematic feature at best, set off an orgy of megalithic excess.
  • Yet why should we dismiss the idea out of hand as some advocates of megalithic spirituality seem to do?
  • The most enduring symbol is the latte stone, a megalithic structure used to elevate houses in the precolonial period.
  • A dolmen (also known as cromlech (Welsh), anta, Hünengrab, Hunebed, Goindol, quoit, and portal dolmen) is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table). Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Nuclear is megalithic in its production capacity and timescales - reactor commissioning can take ten years or more, with reactor lifetimes of decades followed by expensive decommissioning.
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