The h2g2 University Project Link Page : British Burial Barrows: A History
Created | Updated Feb 19, 2007
Project Description
A description of types of British burial barrows and burial mounds Neolithic To Viking Periods.
To describe and list the various styles of burial mounds in the British Isles. Construction methods and who built them and when, their location and distribution. The forms of mounds such as cairns, chamber tombes and barrows and the types Bowl, Bell, Disc, Saucer, Pond and Viking ship burials. The generic terms such as Tumulus and kurgans.