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/ˈkɪstvaɪn/ · noun
(archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones..
It was man of the New Stone Age who first peopled this upland, leaving remains of his hut-dwellings, his pounds, dolmens, and menhirs, his kistvaens and his cooking-holes.
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Kistvaen means (archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones..
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It was man of the New Stone Age who first peopled this upland, leaving remains of his hut-dwellings, his pounds, dolmens, and menhirs, his kistvaens and his cooking-holes.
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