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2. Radical isienhir, piUar-stone, monolUh. — This radical, recalling vividly 

 the true menhir or standard stone, should remain as a symbol of this 

 kind of monuments. 



The alignmcut or the avenue of stones, rude or dressed, is designated 

 hy the radical menhir above a line parallel to its base. 



The cromlecli or enceinte of standing stones is indicated by the radi- 

 cal menhir, around the base of which is a semicircle of dots. 



The radical menhir, surniounted by a short inclined line, represents 

 the rocking-stone: with a dot in the middle, a hollowed stone; with a 

 broad dark base, a rock with runes, inscriptions, or sculpture. 



Finally, the stones with legendary inscriptions, the origin of which is 

 more or less obscure, are iudiciited by the radical colored dark. 



A 

 A 



A 

 A 



True menhir or worked monolith. 



Serii^s of menhirs, alignment, avenue. * 



Cromlech or enceinte of stones. 

 Rocking-stoue. 



Hollowed stones. 



Sculptured or inscribed stones. 



Monument, rune. (Pierre a legende.) 



3, Badical dobncn.— The, radical dolmen is sufficient for all the series 

 of monnnients which belong to this group, embracing allees couvertes, 

 gallery-graves, &c. By combining this radical with that of tumulus 

 we obtain the symbols of a dolmen under a tumulus, and of a dolmen 

 over a tumulus. 



7 ^ Dolmen, allee coiiverte. 

 /?=^ Dolmen under a tumulus. 



j:::\ Dolmen over a tumulus. 



4. Radical tumulus.'— In this group the first symbols are easily com- 

 ]>reliended. The tumulus of sepulture is composed of two radicals, tumu- 

 lus and fjravc ; the fortified tumulus, mound of observation, foundation 



