MOUND

n. 1 hillock, rise, hummock, hill, hump, bank, elevation, knoll, knob, swell, dune, slope, tor, Chiefly W US and Canadian butte, We stood on a high mound from which we could see for miles 2 heap, pile, stack, Archaeology tumulus, tell, barrow, (kitchen) midden Excavation of the mound yielded scores of Iron Age artefacts