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sarsen stone
Sarsen Sar"sen, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone. [Eng.]

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- S****n stones are silicified sandstone blocks found extensively across southern England on the Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire;...
- (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical s****n standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and...
- 179305°N 1.825302°W / 51.179305; -1.825302 The Heel Stone is a single large block of s****n stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the...
- The Coronation Stone is an ancient s****n stone block which is believed to have been the site of the coronation of seven Anglo-Saxon kings. It is currently...
- additional inscription reads: THIS STONE, PRESENTED BY F. SWANTON AND SONS, NORTH FARM, WEST OVERTON, IS A S****N STONE SIMILAR TO THOSE AT KINGSTON DEVERILL...
- restarted the events of the First Circle and was crushed under a falling s****n stone, also engraved with a serpent like the amulet the barber-surgeon carried...
- Landscape. The Cuckoo Stone is a squat s****n stone which lies on its side. It is the same type of stone as the largest stones used in the Stonehenge...
- throughout the world especially England (e.g. Hertfordshire puddingstone and s****n stone), and France. In the Great Plains of the United States, polished silcrete...
- The Coffin Stone, also known as the Coffin and the Table Stone, is a large s****n stone at the foot of Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the south-eastern...
- 1899–1900 by John Oldrid Scott. The church is built of flint rubble, with s****n stone footings and some dressings, some roughcast, other dressings in ashlar...