tumuli in English

noun
1
an ancient burial mound; a barrow.
Farmer Bob Frearson is in the process of putting up fences to prevent 4x4 drivers getting on to his land and using ancient burial mounds, or tumuli , as an off-road assault course.
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1. Burgh (plural Burghs) (Sussex) a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names)

2. The presence of Bronze Age tumuli and neolithic trackways shows that the relationship between people and this landscape is incredibly ancient.

3. ‘The stones were not dolmens or Cromlechs.’ ‘Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones, circles, Cromlechs and tumuli.’ ‘Her grandfather Thomas Rogers lived at Devil's Den Cottage close to the Cromlech at Clatford just west of Marlborough.’