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Definition of Menhir
1. Noun. A tall upright megalith; found primarily in England and northern France.
Definition of Menhir
1. n. A large stone set upright in olden times as a memorial or monument. Many, of unknown date, are found in Brittany and throughout Northern Europe.
Definition of Menhir
1. Noun. A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially of prehistoric times. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Menhir
1. a prehistoric monument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menhir
Literary usage of Menhir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"... recent ramble in Brittany, I found in the churchyard of Plouagat, a village
near Guingamp, in the Department of the Côtes du Nord, a Druidical menhir or ..."
2. Brittany & Its Byways: Some Account of Its Inhabitants and Its Antiquities by Bury Palliser (1869)
"We were taken into his little melancholy room which Chateaubriand so well describes.
1 The largest menhir in Finistere is on a lande near the farm of ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1876)
"THE menhir. THERE is one supreme minute in the life of Love which is never to be
known again when once its holy flush has passed; there is one divine ..."
4. The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments by Forbes Leslie (1866)
"... and Venus of Paphos— menhir worshipped in Ireland, overthrown by St. Patrick—Stone
Worship —Great menhir at Loc-Maria-Ker—Rude Stones representing ..."
5. History of Rome and the Roman People: From Its Origin to the Establishment by Victor Duruy (1884)
"It is not long since the women of Croisic ceased to go and dance round the huge
menhir, and others Covered Alley of Mane'-Lnd at Lock-Maria-Ker ..."
6. The Antiquarian (1871)
"... of ums and other remains being found close reside the stones, showing them to
be in such cases, like the simple menhir, monumental in their character. ..."
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