A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. Although concentrated in Europe, they are found in...
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Tumulus (redirect from Barrow (archaeology))
Bank barrow Bell barrow Bowl barrow D-shaped barrow – round barrow with a purposely flat edge at one side often defined by stone slabs. Disc barrow Fancy...
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Barrow Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club competes in EFL League Two, the...
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Rillaton Barrow (Cornish: Krug Reslegh) is a Bronze Age round barrow in Cornwall, UK. The site is on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor in the parish of...
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Stonehenge Cursus (category Barrows in England)
There is a (later) Bronze Age round barrow inside the western end of the enclosure, and a large Neolithic long barrow was constructed at its east terminal...
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Batch. It is the site of Bronze Age round barrows, one of which also anchors the concrete trig point. All of the barrows show signs of being opened in the...
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The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus...
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A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from its resemblance...
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Age, oval barrows may indicate a transition between earlier long barrows with multiple burials and the later, more individual round barrows. [citation...
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the south of the village, close to the Gypsy Race stands a neolithic round barrow. It was excavated in 1894 by John Robert Mortimer when it was discovered...
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Fairy Road, Wrexham (redirect from Fairy Oak Round Barrow)
Grade II listed buildings and one scheduled monument, the Fairy Oak Round Barrow. The Fairy Road Conservation Area is centred on Fairy Road and covers...
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British Isles and Brittany Venus figurine Burial Burial mounds Bowl barrow Round barrow Mound Builders culture U.S. sites Chamber tomb Cotswold-Severn Cist...
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consist of a Neolithic long barrow and some 40 or more Bronze Age round barrows, along the crest of a low ridge. The barrows of Normanton Down, visible...
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England. "Round barrow 430m SSW of High Langdale End (1019442)". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. "Round barrow 330m south west of...
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Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery, group of round barrows in Dorset. Seven Barrows, site of bowl barrows, bell barrows, saucer barrows and disc barrows. Spinsters'...
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subsequently revealed to be located "at the site of Amesbury 50", a round barrow in the Cursus Barrows group. In November 2011, archaeologists from University of...
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disc barrow is a type of tumulus or round barrow, a variety of fancy barrow identified in English Heritage's Monument Class Descriptions. A disc barrow comprises...
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A bank barrow, sometimes referred to as a barrow-bank, ridge barrow, or ridge mound, is a type of tumulus first identified by O.G.S. Crawford in 1938....
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Bonnie and Clyde (redirect from Clyde Barrow)
Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American bandits and serial killers...
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Knowlton Circles (section Great Barrow)
of Knowlton Church. Nearby is the large round barrow known as Great Barrow and a number of other round barrows are also focused on the area. Church Henge...
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Duggleby Howe (category Barrows in the United Kingdom)
Duggleby Howe (also known as Howe Hill, Duggleby) is one of the largest round barrows in Britain, located on the southern side of the Great Wold Valley in...
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The Barrow Gang was an American gang active between 1932 and 1934. They were well known outlaws, robbers, murderers, and criminals who, as a gang, traveled...
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1986). The Normanton Down round barrow cemetery comprises some 40 barrows strung out along an east-west aligned ridge. Bush Barrow (so named by Cunnington...
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Utqiagvik, Alaska (redirect from Barrow, AK)
UUT-kee-AH-vik; Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik, IPA: [utqe.ɑʁvik]), formerly known as Barrow (/ˈbæroʊ/ BARR-oh), is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope...
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Gaulstown Barrow is a round barrow (bowl barrow) and National Monument located in County Meath, Ireland. Gaulstown Barrow is 2.3 km (1.4 mi) southwest...
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pp. 261–62. ISBN 9780195384765. Retrieved 2012-08-12. "West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury" English Heritage. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Alastair Whittle, Frances...
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of Garrowby Hill: Kitty Hill, round barrow Garrowby Hill Top Farm, three round barrows Cot Nab Farm, two round barrows and multiple linear dykes South...
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a Roman villa. Hutchwns round barrow (51°29′06″N 3°42′35″W / 51.4849°N 3.7098°W / 51.4849; -3.7098 (Hutchwns round barrow), SS813776) Only partly...
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Firle Beacon (category Barrows in the United Kingdom)
soaring. In the area of Firle Beacon is a Neolithic long barrow and several round barrows. Round barrows generally date from the early Bronze Age. At Firle...
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Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period. Typically...
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