passage grave


noun Archaeology.

a megalithic tomb of the Neolithic and Copper or early Bronze ages found in the British Isles and Europe, consisting of a roofed burial chamber and narrow entrance passage covered by a round mound and containing human remains and funerary offerings.
Compare chamber tomb.

Origin of passage grave

First recorded in 1930–35

Example sentences from the Web for passage grave

  • The stone cists resemble very much the chamber of a passage-grave.

    Sweden |Victor Nilsson