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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.

burial mounds Neolithic To Viking

Project Name: Burial Mounds Neolithic To Viking
Field Researcher: "Bob Stafford
3151547"
Faculty: Faculty of History, Philosophy and Spirituality
Start Date: (20 /January / 2007)
End Date (Provisional): (16 / March / 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

Wow, sounds ambitious!

Yes is it is a bit but you cant do half a job on this as they all hang together and will be more of a detailed overview than a book. about 1200 words per entry.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F57153?thread=3728151 I have published the forst part still under construcrion for comment and advice. Let me know what you think please.

Project Page: A18104717

Edited Entries:
A17974722 – Introduction
A18152354 - The Cultures
A18065982 - Bowl Barrows
A18066044 - Bell Barrows
A18066116 - Disc Barrows
A18021197 - Pond and Saucer Barrows
A18066152 - Viking And Saxon Boat And Barrow Burials

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