Tump means a hillock, mound, barrow or tumulus. The Welsh words twmp and Twmpath may be related. Although some may appear similar to glacial drumlins, for the most part they are man-made, e.g. remains from mineral extraction, burial mounds (tumuli and especially bowl barrows) or motte-and-bailey castle mounds. The following geographical features in the UK are referred to using the word:

References

  1. ^ Site Name: Leafield Leafield Barrow... Locally it is known as 'Barry's Hill Tump' or 'Barry's Tump' Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine historicoxfordshire.ashmolean.org, accessed 22 October 2018
  2. ^ Document at llanellycc.org.uk about Gilwern, accessed 22 October 2018
  3. ^ "Mountain Search". www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  4. ^ Images in commons.wikimedia.org relating to Tappa's Tump, accessed 22 October 2018