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Any Neolithic monument consisting of a large, flat stone supported
by two or more rocks, (looks like a table).
It used to be believed that such monuments were altars for human
sacrifice or cannibal feasts. With the advent of modern day grave
robbing and archaeology, dolmen were discovered inside of burial
mounds with the supposed meal underneath the table.
 Science
concluded that they formed a vault and supposed that exposed
versions were either incomplete tombs or windblown remains.
Cromlechs and dolmen are the same thing, but since French is
considered more hip than Welsh, the latter term is preferred by the
scientific community.
[Welsh : crom, feminine of crwm, arched + llech, stone.]
 A
view of an insulated rock, popularly termed a Cromlech, standing on
a moor in the parish of Constantine, in Cornwall, and called by the
people of the country "The Tolmen."
The origin of these monuments seam to suggest they were made by
Druids, some say they were sacrificial altars, others, considering
them as monuments erected over the ashes of important people.
Graves Grave
Digger Charcoal Burial
Dolmen Lich
Sarcophagus
Christianity
Fear Funeral Custom
Twentieth Century |
