Meanings
plural stone circles
- archaeologyA prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle.
"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, →OCLC1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle.
Translations
Dutch steencirkel
- steencirkelprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Finnish kivikehä
- kivikehäprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
German Steinkreis
- Steinkreisprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Irish ciorcal liag
- ciorcal liagprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Korean 환상열석
- 환상열석 (hwansang'yeolseok)prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Norwegian Bokmål steinsirkel
- steinsirkelprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Welsh meingylch
- meingylchprehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle
Cite this entry
stone circle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20circle
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