MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

SQUARE BARROWS

OCTOBER 1989

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


SQUARE BARROWS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Arras Culture barrow; Barrow, Iron Age; Barrow, square; Barrow-square; Barrow, square-ditched; Barrow, Yorkshire type; Carre funeraire; Chariot burial; Iron Age barrow; La Tene barrow; Marnian barrow; Square-ditched barrow; Square enclosure; Wagon grave; Yorkshire barrow

Ordnance Survey map term: Tumulus

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Square Barrow.