sarsen
noun/ˈsɑː(ɹ)sən/
Etymology From Saracen (“Muslim”), by extension, “non-Christian, pagan”.
1
Any of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England.
- The stones, called sarsens, came from the nearby Marlborough Downs, and all are naturally shaped.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 42, concerning Avebury:
- The study pinpointed the source of the sarsens, a mystery that has long bedeviled geologists and archaeologists.2020 July 29, Franz Lidz, “Whence Came Stonehenge’s Stones? Now We Know”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- bluestone