The Ring of Stones, also known as the Circle of Stones, is a stone arrangement which may have been constructed by some of the 68 marooned passengers and...
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contain stone circles; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury and Stonehenge among the greatest of such sites. The ring of stones stands...
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rings made of stone arrangements Ring of Stones, a 1656 shipwreck marker near Perth, WA, Australia Ring of Stone, castlework fortifications barrier used...
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Stonehenge (redirect from Giants' Ring)
Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh...
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Palantír (redirect from Stones of Seeing)
Steward of Gondor, and two members of the Company of the Ring: Aragorn and Pippin. A major theme of palantír usage is that while the stones show real...
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A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially in Great Britain, Ireland, and Brittany – and...
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as a "half-eternity" ring rather than a "full" eternity ring. Eternity rings featuring paste gems, white topaz or a mix of stones appeared in the 18th...
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The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel...
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Medicine wheel (category Religious places of the Indigenous peoples of North America)
follow a similar pattern of a central circle or cluster of stones, surrounded by an outer ring of stones, along with "spokes" (lines of rocks) radiating from...
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Old Bewick (section Cup and ring marked stones)
cairns north of Tick Law. Langlands discovered five cup and ring marked stones on the east top of Bewick Hill in the 1820s; these are amongst the earliest...
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The Calanais Stones (or "Calanais I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform...
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A stone circle is a ring of standing stones. Stone circle may also refer to: Stone circle (Iron Age) Stone circles (Hong Kong) Senegambian stone circles...
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The Ring of Iron (Welsh: Gylch Haearn) or Iron Ring of Castles was a chain of fortifications and castles built across Wales at Edward I's command after...
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Menhir (redirect from Standing stones)
ritual practice Cove (standing stones) – Tight rectangular group of stones Cromlech – Ring of standing stones Deer stone – Megaliths found largely in Siberia...
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(born Steven James Williams; December 18, 1964), better known by his ring name "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, is an American media personality, actor, producer...
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A ring is a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry. The term "ring" by itself denotes jewellery worn on the finger; when worn as...
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[citation needed] Claddagh ring, a traditional Irish ring, often given or worn as a wedding ring Dearest ring, a ring with stones creating the acronym D E...
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upright stones remain in place. A picture of the Stones of Stenness features on the cover of Van Morrison's album The Philosopher's Stone. The Odin stone is...
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An axial stone circle is a megalithic ring of stones of a particular design found in County Cork and County Kerry in southwest Ireland. Archaeologists...
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mood ring is a finger ring that contains a thermochromic element, or "mood stone", that changes colors based on the temperature of the finger of the wearer...
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found evidence proving the existence of other humans: a ring of giant stones. Cain takes the family to see the stones in the wasteland. While Eve and Abel...
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An acrostic ring is a ring on which the initials of the precious stones on the band spell out a word in an acrostic style. In some cases, paste gems were...
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wearing the Infinity Gauntlet containing the Stones, causing the Blip. Thanos eventually uses the Stones again to destroy them and five years later, the...
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purpose of the monument is unknown. Nine Stones Close originally measured 13.7 metres in diameter. In the mid-19th century it had seven stones in its ring, although...
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Ale's Stones (Swedish: Ales stenar or Ale stenar) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden. It is a stone ship, oval in outline, with the...
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France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones). More than 3,000 prehistoric...
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A cock ring is a ring worn around the penis, usually at the base. The primary purpose of wearing a cock ring is to restrict the flow of blood from the...
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