"stone circle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stone circles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stone circle (plural stone circles)
  1. (archaeology) A prehistoric monument consisting of standing stones arranged in a circle. Wikipedia link: stone circle Categories (topical): Archaeology Synonyms: cyclolith Translations (prehistoric monument): steinsirkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), steinsirkel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-stone_circle-en-noun-bbCg40vi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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