#mound__hill structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
supertype: physical_structure__structure__construction a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
subtype: barbette (formerly) a mound earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
subtype: burial_mound__grave_mound__gravemound__barrow__tumulus__tumulu (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
subtype: embankment a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
subtype: rampart__bulwark__wall an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
subtype: bailey the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
subtype: battlement__crenelation a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
subtype: Chinese_Wall__Great_Wall_of_China a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC
subtype: earthwork an earthen rampart
subtype: fraise sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
subtype: snowbank a mound or heap of snow
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