Capstone

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A stone slab placed horizontally over a series of other stones, at the top of an arch, often as a roof. Some are large blocks used to span the walls of dolmens, cists, passage graves, and other megalithic chamber tombs.

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A large slab of stone set horizontally to cover a megalithic tomb or cist grave.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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