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The meaning of the word "Kistvaen" in English


Kistvaen n. : A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

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Kistvaen, free encyclopedia, Dartmoor, Celtic saints, cist, scholarship, burial chamber, antiquarian, body, cinerary urn, Brychan, Celtic Christianity, Celtic nations, Drizzlecombe, flat stone, stone slabs, Celts, Christian.

Defination from the web:
kistvaen or cistvaen is a tomb or burial chamber formed from flat stone slabs in a box-like shape. ... When a body was placed in the kistvaen, it was usually lain in a contracted position. Sometimes however the body was cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn. ... 


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