MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

OVAL BARROWS

AUGUST 1988

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures


OVAL BARROWS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Barrow, long; Barrow, oval; Barrow, ovoid; Cranborne Chase type long barrow; Diminutive long barrow; Earthen long barrow; Enclosure, oval; Long barrow; Long barrow, Cranborne Chase type; Long barrow, diminutive; Long barrow, earthen; Long barrow, short; Oval ditch enclosure; Ovoid barrow; Short long barrow

Ordnance Survey map term: Long barrow.

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Oval Barrow.