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<p>robot: Creating new article from <a href="/wiki/Special:WantedPages" title="Special:WantedPages">Special:WantedPages</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Dscn5212-mane-braz 800x600.jpg|thumb|right|Megalithic tomb, [[Mane Braz]], Brittany]]<br /> [[Image:clooneen wedge tomb.jpg|thumb|right|Bronze Age wedge tomb in the Burren area of Ireland]]<br /> <br /> A &#039;&#039;&#039;megalith&#039;&#039;&#039; is a large [[Rock (geology)|stone]] used to build a [[structure]] or [[monument]], either alone or together with other stones. &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Megalithic&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; means structures made of such large stones, put together without the use of [[Mortar (masonry)|mortar]] or [[cement]]. <br /> <br /> The word &#039;&#039;megalith&#039;&#039; comes from the [[Greek language|Ancient Greek]] &#039;&#039;{{polytonic|μέγας}}&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;megas&#039;&#039; meaning &#039;&#039;great&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;{{polytonic|λίθος}}&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;lithos&#039;&#039; meaning &#039;&#039;stone&#039;&#039;. It has been used to describe [[stone structure]]s built by people from many parts of the world living in many different times. Many megaliths were used to figure out the dates of the [[solstice]]s and [[equinox]]es.<br /> <br /> These structures were built mainly in the [[Neolithic]] period. They continued to be built into the [[Bronze Age]]. Some were built even earlier in the [[Mesolithic]] period.&lt;ref&gt;Johnson, W. (1908) p.67&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> A famous example of a megalith is [[Stonehenge]].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * Johnson, W. (1908). &#039;&#039;[https://books.google.com/books?vid=0hI-bGCsGBOuUgFtn7&amp;id=1uwgAAAAMAAJ Folk-memory]&#039;&#039;. Oxford: Clarendon press.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{stub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Prehistoric buildings and structures]]</div>

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