Mound

A natural or artificial elevation of earth or stones, such as the earth heaped upon a grave.

Within this category you have the following sub-types:

• Barrow Cemetery
  • A cluster of closely spaced barrows and related monuments (eg. ring ditches).
• Long Barrow
  • A rectangular or trapezoidal earthen mound of Neolithic date, usually accompanied by flanking or encircling ditches, and normally associated with human remains. Mound construction and associated features vary considerably in type and complexity.
• Pillow Mound
  • A pillow-shaped, flat topped rectangular mound often surrounded by a shallow ditch used to farm rabbits.
• Round Barrow
  • Hemispherical mound surrounded by a ditch (or occasionally two or more concentric ditches), often accompanied by an external (or occasionally internal) bank. Mound and ditch may sometimes be separated by a berm.

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