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- noun Plural form of
barrow .
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Examples
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He knew that in the flat land all around him Stone Age people had been buried in long mounds called barrows, and then Bronze Age people, and Iron Age people, and Celts, and Romans, and Saxons, and Angles, and Viking invaders in longships, and Normans, and then the English themselves for a thousand years.
The Hard War Child, Lee 2006
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He knew that in the flat land all around him Stone Age people had been buried in long mounds called barrows, and then Bronze Age people, and Iron Age people, and Celts, and Romans, and Saxons, and Angles, and Viking invaders in longships, and Normans, and then the English themselves for a thousand years.
The Hard Way Child, Lee 2006
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At the center of each of the barrows is an underground chamber built of huge vertical slabs of stone, and within each tomb are the large and imposing statues that once served as guardians of the dead.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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At the center of each of the barrows is an underground chamber built of huge vertical slabs of stone, and within each tomb are the large and imposing statues that once served as guardians of the dead.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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In death, he was buried with his kin in long mounds of earth called barrows, in chambered cairns and cromlechs or dolmens.
Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times Edward Anwyl 1890
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One must lament, too, the destruction of the ancient earth-works, especially of the barrows, which is going on all over the downs, most rapidly where the land is broken up by the plough.
A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881
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"The difference between the gilts and the barrows is the gilts get to go home and the barrows get auctioned," she said.
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"The difference between the gilts and the barrows is the gilts get to go home and the barrows get auctioned," she said.
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"The difference between the gilts and the barrows is the gilts get to go home and the barrows get auctioned," she said.
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"The difference between the gilts and the barrows is the gilts get to go home and the barrows get auctioned," she said.
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