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baza B
baza Aug 22, 2005 22:41:27
Replying to tuesday

>is there a good glossary of terms somewhere?

Yes. There's the NMR Monument Type Thesaurus:

http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus.asp?thes_no=1

And for a more in-depth description of monument types, there's the Monument Class Descriptions:

http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/mpp/mcd/mcdtop1.htm


Baz

T tuesday
tuesday Aug 23, 2005 09:19:23
Replying to baza

so a barrow IS the same as:
Burial Mound
Hlaew
Howe
Knowe
Tumulus

excellent - cheers baza!

S ShropshireTraveller
ShropshireTraveller Aug 24, 2005 12:55:08
Replying to baza

I've found that cairns and barrows are used interchangeably by some. For the Shropshire guides, it clearly says that barrows are earthen, cairns are of stone, but CADW guides, and Coflein sometimes refer to the same monuments as cairns and barrows in different sources.

Cheers

Tim