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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 tombs and barrows and the types Bowl, Bell, Disc, Saucer, Pond and Viking ship burials. The generic terms such as Tumulus and kurgans.


Project Name:Burial Mounds Neolithic To Viking
Field Researcher:
Faculty: Faculty of History, Philosophy and Spirituality
Start Date: (3 /December / 2006)
End Date (Provisional): (16 / January / 2007)
Assisting Sub-editor: (to be allocated)



A description of types of burial mounnds 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.

Introduction and link page
Cairns And Chambers
Bowl Barrows
Bell Barrows
Disc And Saucer Barrows
Viking Ship Burials

Editorial Note: This conversation has been moved from 'Faculty of History, Philosophy and Spirituality' to 'The h2g2 University Project Link Page : British Burial Barrows: A History'.

Duplicate thread – see: F87274?thread=3725560

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