stone circle
noun1
Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences A prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle.
- Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325:
- "I was referring to a stone circle that we have here. Perhaps you have heard of it?" "The Druids' altar!" exclaimed Carrados with an inspiration.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- recumbent stone circle