Bowl barrow

Where the mound is composed entirely of stone, rather than earth, the term cairn replaces the word barrow.

Barrows were usually built in isolation in various situations on plains, valleys and hill slopes, although the most popular sites were those on hilltops.

Bowl barrows were first identified in Great Britain by John Thurnam (1810–73), an English psychiatrist, archaeologist, and ethnologist.

It is related to the Welsh language term Twmpath which was once applied to the mound or village green.

From a short list of tumps, it can be seen that the term is used extensively in the Welsh Marches and its use extends beyond that, to Somerset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.