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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey..
This Poquelaye consists of a large stone measuring in length about fifteen feet, in its breadth about ten, and nearly three in depth or thickness, formerly resting transversely upon five supporting masses of a smaller size […].
“You and I gathered nuts, as children, in the same deep lanes, and played about the same poquelaye […].”
The druids had left their menhirs and poquelayes, the Romans their houghes, although raised fortifications seemed superfluous on the inland sites where they were to be found.
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Poquelaye means A dolmen, cairn or similar ancient structure on the island of Jersey..
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This Poquelaye consists of a large stone measuring in length about fifteen feet, in its breadth about ten, and nearly three in depth or thickness, formerly resting transversely upon five supporting masses of a smaller size […].
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