burial mound

noun

1. a mound built over a grave or graves. Compare barrow ²( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of burial mound¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Peristalith, pe-ris′ta-lith, n. a series of standing stones surrounding a barrow or burial-mound.

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Then the Kings and Princes would have made him a burial-mound worthy of his name and his deeds.

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He gave me a spear head and a knife blade taken from a burial mound in the Kirghese country.

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She planted it upon the burial mound, over the priest and the dead horse.

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They are of at least three kinds: the burial mound, the platform mound, and the effigy mound.

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