Burial-mound synonyms

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grave mound
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
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barrow
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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tumulus
(Archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
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Burial-mound Sentence Examples

  • After Beowulf has reigned prosperously for fifty years, his country is ravaged by a fiery dragon, which inhabits an ancient burial-mound, full of costly treasure.

  • There is a prehistoric barrow or burial mound near the farm which would have stood alongside the trackway.

  • The village is celebrated as the site of the following discovery: In 1896 interest having been aroused by the discovery, only twelve miles away, of the Buddha's birthplace (see LuMBINI), William Peppe, then resident manager of the Birdpur estate, opened a ruined tope or burial mound situate at Piprawa, but nothing of importance was found.

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