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A ring or circle, e.g. of standing stones.
A series of large stones arranged in a circle or ring in the landscape; esp. a prehistoric monument of a type common in north-west Europe, typically…
Archaeology. A series of stones set up in a ring, such as those at Avebury and Stonehenge.