tumulus

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Both the capstone and the tumulus were dismantled in 1925 during an excavation led by Hugo Obermaier, a Spanish-German anthropologist and prehistorian.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

The stones, or menhirs — some as tall as six feet — buttressed a massive capstone set in a tumulus, or a mound of earth and pebbles.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Bassett said afterward that the site includes an apron of riprap around the men’s tumulus, which is in a ravine.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2015

Bassett said he was sitting on a pile of boulders when he realized that the rocks were the top layer of a tumulus, an archaeological term for a burial chamber or sepulcher.

From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2015

The call sounded from far away, and Wart found himself standing by the side of an ancient tumulus, like an enormous mole hill, with a Mack hole in front of him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White