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| | TUMULI |
 | | During the Late Neolithic and early Bronze-Ages, barrows came to be the preferred form of internment, especially, it seems, as a resting-place for the earthly remains of single family or tribal groupings. |
 | | Bell barrows were large early Bronze-Age mounds often covering male burials and separated from the surrounding ditch by a flat space or berm, the ditches often enclosed more than one mound. |
 | | Pond barrows were connected with the burial ritual, being primarily used as mortuaries and places where the dead were exposed prior to burial, a few also being used for internments. |
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