[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c9.s17.40 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.40 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s17.40 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.s17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.40) Small granite and 'slate' cromlechs were noticed near the Devidhura temple, 29 km s.-e. of Almora. These remains consist of 'large granitic rock affording level surface of several feet square, respectively about 4 ft, 2½ ft and 1 foot above the ground. Each of these rocks exhibits a group of basons. They are generally about 6 to 8 inches in diameter and perhaps a foot in depth.' Similar remains in the vicinity consist of what have been referred to as 'cromlechs' or 'dolmens', one of which is a cairn of fairly large size, about 15 m square, having a flight of about 20 or more steps leading to a small natural cave within the cairn. However in view of their use as shrines the evidence of these being megaliths is normally discounted (Henwood, 1856, pp. 204-5; Nautiyal, 1969, pp. 77-8). - [Previous: v1.c9.s17.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.39) - [Next: v1.c9.s17.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.41) - [Up: v1.c9.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c9.s17.40) · Pramāṇa