mound of earth

collocation in English

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mound
noun[C]
uk
/maʊnd/us
/maʊnd/
a large pile of earth, stones, etc. like a ...
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earth
noun
uk
/ɜːθ/us
/ɝːθ/
the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which ...
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(Definition ofmoundandearthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The site of this underground building will be marked only a by grassed overmoundofearthabout 150 metres square at the base.
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The stand had not seen any major work since 1924 and its rear remained amoundofearth.
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The burial chamber (3.5m x 3m x 1.2m), constructed of oaken beams, was covered over by a massivemoundofearth(20m x 4.6m).
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A barrow is amoundofearthused to cover a tomb.
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It is a round structure about 34 metres across, and believed to have been surmounted by a conicalmoundofearth17 metres high.
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There is no stage, amoundofearththrow up against the base provides access for the sails.
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Weeks later, when some villagers were digging near amoundofearth, their shovels struck his body.
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Now closed, little remains of the station itself other than amoundofearthand a few scattered pieces of timber.
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It is amoundofearth, surrounded by rubble and the outline of a wall, at the center of which stands a whitish pedestal.
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These tholoi are built on level ground and then enclosed by amoundofearth.
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It was a 546 m longmoundofearthwith a ditch on either side; the parallel ditches were 19.5m ft apart.
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The nests entrance is easily visible, marked by a small circularmoundofearth.
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The memorial consists of a granite pedestal with a cross on top, placed on amoundofearth.
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A solution was found by burying the bottom of the trestle in amoundofearth.
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The tomb is a circularmoundofearthof 4 meters height with a circumference of 52 meters.
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Large rocks are fitted together over amoundofearth, and the remaining cracks are filled in with pebbles.
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