One of these tombs was in the form of a cross, with arms about three by nine feet, six feet high, covered with a roof of flat stones, and in its construction like the gallery under palace No.
The other graves have rude boxes or coffins of flat stones, with, in a few instances, rude stone posts several feet in height.
An examination of their foundation should settle that point, as a simple pavement of flat stones on the surface of a marsh would not remain permanently in place.
A remarkable feature is noticed on the surface of the second story, from which project throughout the whole circumference, except where interrupted by the stairways, four ranges of flat stones, forming hundreds of small shelves.
In a mound situated in Clear Creek Township, Ashland County, a stone coffin or cist was discovered, constructed of flat stones set up edgewise.
At the west end of the north wall are three large flat stones, one of them forming the corner, the two others west of this, the three being up-edged and in a continuous line.
When the outer loose rocks were removed there was disclosed a wall of flat stones on the natural surface, so laid as to form an inclosure apparently intended to be practically square.
In Cibola the construction of a dome-shaped oven is begun by laying out roughly a circle of flat stones as a foundation.
It is built of flat stones, from 2 to 4 inches thick, 6 to 8 inches wide, and a foot or more in length, nearly all of which have been pecked and dressed.
The stepped form was very likely suggested by the temporary partial blocking up of an opening with loose, flat stones in such a manner as to least impair its use.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flat stones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
