Cromlech (kromlek)

[W. cromlech - crom, bending, concave, and llech, a flat stone. | ( Antiquity.) A name applied to rude erections found in many parts of French Brit tany, Wales, Corawall, Denmark, Germany, ., consisting of huge flat stones resting on others set on end. C. have Fig . 727. CROMLECH IN THE ISLAND OF ANGLE SEA. usually been supposed to have served as altars, to the Druids, but their first purpose was to serve as places of burial.,