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has gloss | eng: A kistvaen or cistvaen is a tomb or burial chamber formed from flat stone slabs in a box-like shape. If set completely underground, it may be covered by a tumulus. The word is derived from the Welsh cist (chest) and maen (stone). The term originated in relation to Celtic structures, typically pre-Christian, but in antiquarian scholarship of the 19th and early 20th centuries it was sometimes applied to similar structures outside the Celtic world. |
lexicalization | eng: kistvaen |
instance of | c/Burial monuments and structures |
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media:img | Drizzlecombe kist 1.JPG |
media:img | Drizzlecombe kist 5.JPG |
media:img | Kist off merrivale row-4.jpg |
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