The Mên-an-Tol (Cornish: Men an Toll) is a small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, England (grid reference SW426349). It is about three miles...
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Mên Scryfa[needs IPA] (or Mên Scrifa, literally "stone with writing") is an inscribed standing stone in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom (grid reference...
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the name of another dolmen-like monument is Mên-an-Tol 'stone with hole' (Standard Written Form: Men An Toll.) In Irish Gaelic, dolmens are called Irish:...
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sickly children for the healthy children of the occupying invader. The Mên-an-Tol stones in Cornwall are said to have a fairy or pixie guardian who can...
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healing stones through which sick children are passed etc., as with the Mên-an-Tol in Cornwall, where the legend is that passage through the stone will cure...
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Oxford: Clarendon Press. Lancaster Brown, P. (1976). Megaliths, Myths, and Men: An Introduction to Astro-archaeology. New York: Taplinger Pub. Co. Piccolo...
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is a "graceful" and "ghostly" song that makes use of a musical saw. "Mên-an-Tol" has sweeping strings, prominent use of organ and wordless choir vocals...
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Uther Pendragon (King Arthur's father) with 15,000 men to bring it from Ireland. They defeated an Irish army led by Gillomanius, but were unable to move...
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ISBN 0-85500-129-1 Ian McNeil Cooke: Standing Stones of the Land's End, Cornwall: Men-an-Tol Studio 1998, ISBN 0-9512371-9-5 Burl, Aubrey (2000). The stone circles...
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Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally "copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg...
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Drizzlecombe Grey Wethers The Hurlers Long Meg and Her Daughters The Longstones Mên-an-Tol The Merry Maidens Merrivale Mitchell's Fold Nine Ladies Rollright Stones...
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megalithic and archaeological sites, such as Lanyon Quoit, Mulfra Quoit, Mên-an-Tol and Mên Scryfa. The rocky outline of Carn Kenidjack marks the position of...
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toward the south-east. This megalithic monument encompasses two temples and an incomplete third, of which only the facade was partially built before being...
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the village of Boskednan and can only be reached on foot. The enigmatic Mên-an-Tol stones (which may also be the remains of a stone circle) are less than...
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A menhir (/ˈmɛnhɪər/; from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone...
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Grant King created illustrations, plans and section drawings. Upwards of 50 men from across Wiltshire served as 'hands' during the excavations over the 6...
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inscription to the 7th century and it is carved with a type of runes that form an intermediate version between the Elder Futhark and the Younger Futhark. A...
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another known simply as La Gran' Mère in the Parish of Castel. The latter is an earlier, less detailed example found buried underneath the porch of the parish...
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of the site. Scientific research on the Hypogeum is ongoing, and in 2014, an international team of scientists visited to study acoustics. The Hypogeum...
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The stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom in Scandinavia, Northern Germany, and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded...
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temples, thus adding an element of confusion to early researchers who did not have modern dating technology. Sir Temi Żammit, an eminent Maltese archaeologist...
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Mountains. Mackay's Dictionary of Ulster Place-names says that it is from Irish an Bheitheach Mhór, meaning "big place of birch trees", a name that reflects...
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Redruth and Camborne conurbation. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of 1,375 square miles (3,562 km2) and population of 568,210. After the...
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Hoarstones Hordron Edge Hurlers Leper Stone Long Meg and Her Daughters Mên-an-Tol Merry Maidens Mitchell's Fold Mulfra Quoit Nine Ladies Nine Stones, Altarnun...
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The Merry Maidens (redirect from Dawn's Men)
Maidens (grid reference SW432245), also known as Dawn's Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dons Men "Stone Dance") is a Late Neolithic stone circle located...
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people or the Cornish (Cornish: Kernowyon, Old English: Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall and a recognised national...
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Hoarstones Hordron Edge Hurlers Leper Stone Long Meg and Her Daughters Mên-an-Tol Merry Maidens Mitchell's Fold Mulfra Quoit Nine Ladies Nine Stones, Altarnun...
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Hoarstones Hordron Edge Hurlers Leper Stone Long Meg and Her Daughters Mên-an-Tol Merry Maidens Mitchell's Fold Mulfra Quoit Nine Ladies Nine Stones, Altarnun...
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Clach an Trushal (Scottish Gaelic: Clach an Truiseil, Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [kʰl̪ˠax ən̪ˠ ˈt̪ʰɾuʃal], translated to English "Stone of Compassion")...
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located 2.4 km (1.5 mi) east of Glandore, County Cork, Ireland. Although not an especially significant example, Drombeg is one of the most visited megalithic...
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