long barrow

American  

noun

Archaeology.

1. a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age.

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Example Sentences

Dr. Obermaier’s survey of the local terrain pointed to the presence of a long barrow, an elongated stone monument to the dead.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Silbury Hill is an iron age manmade hill, and the long barrow is almost in its shadow – the whole area is full of these ancient pre-Christian sites.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011

It's not clear what the long barrow was used for, and it's that lack of clarity that's interesting and in a way inspiring, because you can make up your own stories.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2011

Several crania taken from a long barrow at West Kennet have similar wounds.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.

The Canadas is something quite by itself, a bit of Egypt 6000 feet up with a bare volcanic cone, or rather long barrow sticking up 6000 feet in the middle of it.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard