burial mound

noun

1. a mound built over a grave or graves. Compare barrow ²( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of burial mound¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The Celtic culture of the pre-Roman Iron Age in Western and Central Europe has left numerous traces to this day, not least in the form of enormous burial mounds and spectacular archaeological artifacts.

From Science Daily

The burial mounds of their elite were up to 100 meters across and more than 6 meters tall, prominent features in the landscape around their settlements.

From Science Magazine

In 1927, on a bluff overlooking the Illinois River Valley, a chiropractor named Don Dickson took a shovel to his family’s farmland in Fulton County, Ill., and uncovered burial mounds dating back eight centuries.

From New York Times

They’re found in burial mounds and sunken shipwrecks, at the bottom of wells and in lead coffins.

From Science Magazine

Further explorations revealed that other burial mounds and cemetery sites in the region have been affected by both missile strikes and underground trench systems, including one of the largest 11th-century necropolises in Ukraine.

From Science Daily