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    A cromlech is a Brythonic term used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures made of bent flagstones. In English, it usually refers to dolmens, which are stone chamber tombs from prehistory. However, in French it commonly describes stone circles. Some English archaeologists also use the term to mean stone circles. It is occasionally used for more complex megalithic sites like the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal.

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    A cromlech is a Brythonic term used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures made of bent flagstones. In English, it usually refers to dolmens, which are stone chamber tombs from prehistory. However, in French it commonly describes stone circles. Some English archaeologists also use the term to mean stone circles. It is occasionally used for more complex megalithic sites like the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal.

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    Crom Lech

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    A cromlech is a Brythonic term used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures made of bent flagstones. In English, it usually refers to dolmens, which are stone chamber tombs from prehistory. However, in French it commonly describes stone circles. Some English archaeologists also use the term to mean stone circles. It is occasionally used for more complex megalithic sites like the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal.

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    Cromlech

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    A cromlech

    Chambered cairn (cromlech) Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd, Wales Cromlech is a Brythonic word (Breton/Welsh) used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means "flagstone". The term is now virtually obsolete in archology, but remains in use as a colloquial term for two different types of megalithic monument. In English it usually refers to dolmens, the remains of prehistoric stone chamber tombs. However, it is widely used in French to describe stone circles. Confusingly, some Englishspeaking archologists, such as Aubrey Burl, use this second meaning for cromlech in English too. In addition, the term is occasionally used to describe more complex examples of megalithic architecture, such as the Almendres Cromlech in Portugal.

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