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menhir

men·hir [ mén hr ] (plural men·hirs)


noun 
Definition:
 
single standing stone: a large single upright stone, erected by prehistoric people and thought to have been used for astronomical observations, found in the British Isles and northern France

[Mid-19th century. Directly or via French< Breton maen-hir< men "stone" + hir "long"]
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