Round Barrows

Round Barrows
Round Bar|rows
[- 'bærouz] die (Plur.)
<aus gleichbed. engl. round barrows, eigtl. »runde Grabhügel«, zu barrow »Hügel-, Hünengrab«>
in England u. Schottland verbreiteter Grabhügeltyp mit Einzelbestattungen der Glockenbecherkultur sowie der frühen u. mittleren Bronzezeit.

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