Noun:

पत्‍थर की चिनाई का एक प्रकार विशेष, पुराकालीन स्‍मारक विशेष, प्रस्‍तर टेबिल,

dolmen's Usage Examples:

In the latter case, if the tumulus of stones covers a megalithic cist or a sepulchral chamber with a passage leading into it from the outside, it is often called a dolmen.

Even more incredible is the tripod dolmen at Legananny where the flat granite capstone is raised high on three tall pointed stones.

dolmen called Spinster's Rock which could have female associations.

Beside other touristic points of interest including a dolmen, it is also very near the Mondego river.

Nash describes is as a classic portal dolmen once incorporated into a long mound.

Skellig Michael Dingle Peninsula On the way we will visit the largest dolmen in Europe - the 100-ton Browne's Hill Dolmen.

dolmen with capstone gracefully balanced on three tall supporting stones.

Probably a portal dolmen with one small chamber, three upright orthostats and a slipped capstone.

Close to Baarn in the south-west were formerly situated the ancient castles of Drakenburg and Drakenstein, and at Vuursche there is a remarkable dolmen.

Within the larger circle were two smaller ones, placed not in the axis of the great one but on its north-eastern side, each of which consisted of a double concentric ring of stones; the centre being in one case a menhir or pillar, in the other a dolmen or tablestone resting on two uprights.

Synonyms:

cromlech, megalith, megalithic structure, portal tomb,