Bowl barrow

Engraving of a bowl barrow by Richard Colt Hoare

A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from its resemblance to an upturned bowl. Related terms include cairn circle, cairn ring, howe, kerb cairn, tump and rotunda grave.[1]

  1. ^ English Heritage (1988). "Monument protection programme. Monument class description". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

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