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imbrication

 

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A term applied to the overlapping arrangement of orthostat forming the side walls of some Neolithic Clyde – Carlingford Culture tombs in the west of Britain. Starting from the front of the chamber each pair of orthostats overlaps with the pair in front on the outside.

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