recumbent stone circle

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recumbent stone circle (plural recumbent stone circles)

  1. A type of stone circle that incorporates at least one large monolith, known as a recumbent, lying on its side, typically flanked by two large upright stones, the flankers; found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the counties of Cork and Kerry in south-west of Ireland.