long barrow: Meaning and Definition of

long' bar'row

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— Archaeol. Archaeol.
  1. a funerary barrow having an elongate shape, sometimes constructed over a megalithic chamber tomb and usually containing one or more inhumed corpses along with artifacts: primarily Neolithic but extending into the Bronze Age. Cf. round barrow.
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