Illustration showing the section and plan of the interior of a British tumulus also variously known as a quoit or Mên-an-Tol (with a hole) or a dolmen, tolmen, dolmain, cromlech, altar tomb or portal tomb with a typical single-chamber. There are numerous foreign names for the megalithic tombs that usually consisted of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or table with a conical or chimney shaped covering.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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