page_title: Round barrow
hierarchical_section_title: Round barrow
caption_attribution_description: Plans and Sections of Bowl Bell &amp; Disc barrows, illustrated by Heywood Sumner in Frank Stevens' "Stonehenge Today and Yesterday" - contrast improved by JimChampion
context_page_description: A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. Although concentrated in Europe, they are found in many parts of the world, probably because of their simple construction and universal purpose.
  In Britain, most of them were built between 2200BC and 1100BC. This was the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age. Later Iron Age barrows were mostly different, and sometimes square.
context_section_description: A round barrow is a type of tumulus and is one of the most common types of archaeological monuments. Although concentrated in Europe, they are found in many parts of the world, probably because of their simple construction and universal purpose.
  In Britain, most of them were built between 2200BC and 1100BC.  This was the Late Neolithic period to the Late Bronze Age.  Later Iron Age barrows were mostly different, and sometimes square.
caption: Schematic plans and sections of various types of round barrow
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