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sarsen
sar·sen S5098650 (sär′sən′)n. One of several large masses of silicified sandstone or conglomerate found on or near the ground surface in England and Brittany and believed to be the erosional remains of a sedimentary bed deposited during the Tertiary Period. These masses were used by Neolithic peoples as monoliths.
[Short for Sarsen stone, from Early Modern English Sarsen, variant of Saracen, Saracen, heathen, pagan (perhaps in reference to the use of sarsens in ancient monuments); see Saracen.]sarsen (ˈsɑːsən) or sarsdenn1. (Geological Science) geology a boulder of silicified sandstone, probably of Tertiary age, found in large numbers in S England2. (Archaeology) such a stone used in a megalithic monument Also called: greywether [C17: probably a variant of Saracen] |