stone circle
noun[C]
uk/ˌstəʊn ˈsɜː.kəl/us/ˌstoʊn ˈsɝː.kəl/acircleoflargestones, usuallystandingstones, put inpositionbypeopleinprehistorictimes(= theperiodbefore there were writtenrecords):
（史前环状）巨石阵Avebury is the world'slargeststonecircle,stretchingacross28acres.埃夫伯里有世界上最大的史前环状巨石阵，绵延28英亩。
Britain's firstmonuments-stonecircles,linesandcairns- arealmost5,000yearsold.英国最早的纪念碑性质的建筑，即石阵、石线和石冢，有近5000年的历史。
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- Less than amileto thenorthwestis anotherstonecircle, the Ring of Brodgar,dramaticallysitedonraisedground.
- About 3000 B. C.,evenbefore thestonecirclewasbuiltat Stonehenge,woodenpostswereerected.
- Thisregionof Portugal isscatteredwithprehistoricremains,includingover adozenmegalithicsiteswithdolmens,standingstonesandstonecircles.
Prehistory
- anatosaurus
- apatosaurus
- Australopithecus
- brachiosaurus
- broch
- henge
- Holocene
- ice age
- ichthyosaur
- iguanodon
- paleo
- Permian
- pictograph
- Pleistocene
- Pliocene
- standing stone
- stegosaurus
- stone-age
- T-Rex
- theropod