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barrow

Barrow is a term with several uses in geography, archaeology, and everyday language. It is also a surname.

In geography, Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and borough on the Furness Peninsula in Cumbria, England, with

In archaeology, a barrow is a mound of earth or stone placed over a grave, dating from

In everyday language, barrow commonly names a wheelbarrow, a small hand-pushed vehicle used to transport loads.

a
history
tied
to
steel
and
shipbuilding.
Barrow
upon
Soar
is
a
village
and
civil
parish
in
Leicestershire,
England,
on
the
River
Soar.
In
the
United
States,
Barrow
refers
to
the
former
name
of
Utqiaġvik,
a
city
in
Alaska
known
as
one
of
the
northernmost
cities
in
the
United
States.
the
Neolithic
to
the
Bronze
Age
in
parts
of
Europe.
They
may
be
round
or
long
and
are
often
associated
with
ceremonial
or
funerary
activity.