Bank barrow


A bank barrow, sometimes referred to as a barrow-bank, ridge barrow, or ridge mound, is a type of tumulus first identified by O.G.S. Crawford in 1938.
In the United Kingdom, these take the form of a long, sinuous, parallel-sided mound, approximately uniform in height and width along its length, and usually flanked by ditches on either side. They may be the result of a single phase of construction, or be the result of the addition of one or more linear extensions to the bank of a pre-existing barrow. Although burials have been found within the mound, no burial chambers as such have been identified in bank barrows. These ancient monuments are of middle Neolithic date.
Image:Pentridge2 long barrow dorset.jpg|800px|thumb|centre|A possible bank barrow near Pentridge in Dorset, U.K. The barrow comprises two distinct parts: the taller narrower part to the north-east and the wider flatter part to the south-west. These parts are 50m and 90m long, respectively. Although they have been considered to be two cojoined long barrows, probing and aerial photography has revealed them to have a common continuous ditch. Another suggestion is that the western part is a classic long barrow, with the eastern part as a tail that was added later.
Image:Broadmayne bank barrow dorset.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A view along the 180 metre-long Broadmayne bank barrow in Dorset, U.K.
Fewer than ten bank barrows remain in the United Kingdom. Examples may be found at