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standing stone

NOUN
  1. a tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France

How To Use standing stone In A Sentence

  • That such gaps were originally filled by standing stones is beyond question, indeed, the base of a "schistose" stone (see Class 3 in the Lithology above) was actually discovered by Stonehenge Today and Yesterday
  • There are hundreds of other chambered cairns and standing stones and several stone circles across the islands.
  • A stela is a free-standing stone slab, generally rectangular in shape but sometimes with a rounded or pointed top. Interactive Dig Waka' - Bulletin Board
  • Anyway, she walks through this circle of standing stones and appears back in 1743 where the first person she sees when she emerges from her confusion is a gentlemen in 18th century army officers 'uniform, who looks just like her husband. Matthew Peterson interviews Diana Gabaldon
  • Standing stones and circles, henges, cup-marked stones and dolmens have intrigued us for generations, but there is little real evidence of their true purpose.
  • White beaches, standing stones, flowers on the machair, Gaelic psalm-singing (which sounds like no other church music in Europe - a Chinese or Mongolian feel to it) and monstrous alcohol consumption on a Saturday night (an Englishman is best advised to avoid Stornoway dockside bars) followed by a real Sabbath - no shops, taxis, bars - you go for a walk or go to church. Archive 2005-06-26
  • The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch.
  • The standing stones are weather-beaten and cracked, but they remain nevertheless.
  • The slabs of standing stone point roughly toward the invisible notch.
  • Certain courageous souls might spend the night keeping watch in the center of a circle of standing stones.
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