It is almost self-evident that the dead, in their graves, tombs, and tumuli are an important element in this history of dwelling.
There are a vast number of tumuli and monuments in that part of the world.
Many of our monuments are field monuments—barrows or tumuli, the remains of ancient field systems or the foundations of mediaeval villages.
The region has been inhabited since pre-historic times with tumuli in the heathland to the south of the village.
The park contains numerous other tumuli of varying age, both keyhole and circular.
Several tumuli were formerly discernible, but they have been nearly levelled.
As its tumuli attest, it is also a graveyard that has swallowed countless generations of inhabitants without changing much itself.
People of this culture burned their dead and buried the ashes in urns, which were typically placed in urnfields but also in tumuli.
