Definition of Talayot

1. a stone monument [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Talayot

talapoins
talaporfin
talaq
talaqs
talar
talar articular surface of calcaneus
talar sulcus
talaria
talaric acid
talarozole
talars
talas
talastine
talaunt
talaunts
talayot (current term)
talayots
talbots
talbotype
talbotypes
talbotypist
talbotypists
talc
talc operation
talced
talcier
talciest
talcing
talcked
talckier

Literary usage of Talayot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forgotten Isles: Impressions of Travel in the Balearic Isles, Corsica by Gaston Vuillier (1896)
"The typical talayot is a cone truncated a short distance from its base, ... The summit of a talayot is invariably a horizontal platform with no parapet, ..."

2. Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands. For the Use by Robert Lambert Playfair (1892)
"On returning, the traveller should examine the talayot of Son Carla, with its enclosures of cyclopean ..."

3. Sketches of Naval Life with Notices of Men, Manners and Scenery on the by George Jones (1829)
"Around the talayot, are numerous stones, shaped for hand-mills: and in the ... This talayot has been injured a good deal, but three miles West from Mahon, ..."

4. Landscapes of Menorca: A Countryside Guide by Rodney Ansell (2001)
"After exploring the talayot, carry on past a QUARRY and scrapyard, ... Soon you will enjoy a fine view across fields to the talayot at Torello. ..."

5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1901)
"... 2, Castle Bellver, March 26th (on wall) ; Minorca, near talayot of ... Thomas and Pocock, 1900. nigrocinctus, Lep., Ç 2, Minorca, near talayot of ..."

6. Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands by Robert Lambert Playfair (1890)
"... the Balearic Islands 502 Plan of Port Mahon 515 Stable, in form of talayot, ... Plan and Section of the Nau de Tudons 528 Horizontal Section of talayot, ..."

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