barrows

  1. Home
  2. top of the aat hierarchies
  3. Objects Facet
  4. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
  5. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
  6. single built works (built environment)
  7. [single built works by specific type]
  8. [single built works by function]
  9. ceremonial structures
  10. funerary structures
  11. burial mounds
  12. barrows
Scope note
Ancient burial places covered with a large mound of earth, specific to England and dating from the Neolithic (ca. 4000 BCE) until late pre-Christian times (ca. 600 CE). For similar mounds, but of a type specific to Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, use "cairns."
barrows
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024