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barrow
An ancient artificial mound of earth raised over the site of a burial. Barrows were usually near settlements or villages but far enough away that the dead would not be too close to the living. A barrow was regarded as sacred ground and was often near a temple. Another term for barrow is tumulus.
In Britain barrows were built from 2500 B.C. until the late Saxon period, but the Egyptians are the earliest barrows known, the great pyramids being a spectacular development of the custom of ceremonial burial.
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