Tag:site_type=tumulus
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 site_type = tumulus
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Tumulus - a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves 
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| Group: Historic |
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| Status: in use |
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A 
tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
How to Map
Set a node 
or draw as an area 
along the outline and tag it with
- historic=archaeological_site
- site_type=tumulus
- name=* - often also Tumulus is used as name
- field=yes - some graveyards consist of a number of tumuli. To avoid mapping all of them, the field tag can be used as an option.
Tags to use in combination
- wikipedia=* - a link to Wikipedia's article about the feature
- wikidata=* - an ID of the specific Wikidata item
- historic:civilization=* (or more precise subtags) - the civilization (culture) that originally created the feature
- tourism=attraction - if it is a tourist attraction.
- heritage=* - if it is registered by an official heritage organisation.
See also
- + site_type=megalith
- + megalith_type=passage_grave - Passage grave
- + site_type=megalith
- + megalith_type=long_barrow - Long barrow
Possible Tagging Mistakes
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!