trilithon

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A structure consisting of two stone pillars supporting a horizontal stone
An arch or doorway – such as those at Stonehenge – constructed from 2 upright stones and a lintel
A trilithon is an arrangement of three stones, two uprights with a lintel placed at their top in a kind of inverted "U" shape Anyone who is familiar with a picture of Stonehenge will have seen a trilithon Derived from the Greek, "tri" - three, "lith" - stone
A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts
Stone arch commonly used as an altar