List of tumps facts for kids

A tump is a small hill, a mound of earth, or a burial site. The word might come from the Welsh words twmp and Twmpath. While some tumps might look like natural hills formed by glaciers (called drumlins), most of them were actually made by people.

What Are Tumplike Features?

People created tumps for different reasons. Some are leftover piles from digging up minerals, like in old mining areas. Others are ancient burial mounds, where important people were buried long ago. These burial mounds are often called tumuli or bowl barrows. Many tumps are also the remains of old motte-and-bailey castles, which were medieval castles built on raised mounds of earth.

Tumplike Features Across the UK

Many places in the United Kingdom are called "tumps" because of these interesting landforms. Here are some examples:

• Almondsbury Tump: A small rise in South Gloucestershire, near a village called Almondsbury.
• Barry's Hill Tump: An ancient burial mound in Oxfordshire.
• Battle Tump: This is a castle mound, also known as a motte, located in Gilwern, Monmouthshire. It's a protected historical site.
• Bettws Newydd tump: An early Norman castle mound in Monmouthshire.
• Brinklow Castle (the Tump): A medieval castle mound in Warwickshire, often called 'the Tump' by local people.
• Caple Tump: An earthwork in Herefordshire, believed to be the remains of a castle mound.
• Castle Tump, Trecastle: An early 11th-century castle mound in Powys.
• Castle Tump, Caerwent: This site in Monmouthshire was once a Roman villa.
• Castle Tump, Dymock: Another castle in Gloucestershire.
• Castle Tump Motte, Glasbury: A castle mound in Powys, also known as Glasbury Castle.
• Castle Tump, Tenbury Wells: Thought to be the remains of an early Norman castle mound near the border of Shropshire and Worcestershire.
• Cole's Tump: An area with special mounds called pillow mounds on the west side of Orcop Hill in Herefordshire.
• Congrove Field and The Tumps: Located north of Bath, this area might have been used for mining in the past.
• Crugyn Tump: A castle mound in Beguildy, Powys.
• East Tump and West Tump: These are small tidal islands off the coast of Grassholm Island.
• Edmunds Tump: A hill near Grosmont in Monmouthshire.
• Hetty Pegler's Tump: A very old burial mound from the Neolithic period (New Stone Age) near Uley, Gloucestershire.
• Knucklas Castle Mound: The site of a castle near the Battle of Beguildy in Powys.
• Llanthomas Castle Mound: The remains of a castle mound and ditch near Llanigon, Powys.
• Leigh Castle Tump: The earthwork and buried remains of a medieval castle mound in Worcestershire.
• Loxidge Tump cairn: A round pile of stones (cairn) on the Offa's Dyke Path in Hatterrall Ridge.
• Keynsham Humpy Tumps: An area of grassland and rock near the Bristol to Bath railway line.
• Maes Tump: An Iron Age hillfort in Somerset.
• Monkey Tump: A 12th-century castle mound in Tonteg, Rhondda Cynon Taf.
• Nan Tow's Tump: A round burial mound by the A46 road in Gloucestershire.
• Newcourt Tump: The remains of a small castle mound in Herefordshire.
• Newton Tump: The remains of a castle mound near Clifford, Herefordshire.
• Robin Hood's Tump: A prehistoric burial ground near Alpraham, Cheshire.
• St Weonards Tump: Located just south of St Weonards churchyard in Herefordshire.
• Slwch Tump: An Iron Age hill fort near Brecon, Powys.
• Stow Green Tump: Also known as Castle Tump, this is the remains of a castle near St Briavels, Gloucestershire.
• Swanborough Tump: A hillock in Wiltshire, identified as an ancient meeting place mentioned in the will of King Alfred.
• Table Hill tump: Found in the Malvern Hills, on the border between Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
• Tappa's Tump: An ancient burial mound near Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
• The Tump, Whittington: An ancient burial mound near Whittington, Worcestershire.
• Tump Farm, Wilcrick: A farm near Wilcrick Hill, which was once a hillfort in Monmouthshire.
• Tump Terret: A mound marking the site of a small castle mound in Trellech, Monmouthshire.
• Twmpath Castle: A castle mound in Rhiwbina, Cardiff.
• Turkey Tump: Located on a ridge north-west of Llanwarne, Herefordshire.
• Wednesbury Tump: In Wednesbury, West Midlands.
• Whittington Tump: A prehistoric religious site and the location of a medieval castle in central Worcestershire.
• Windmill Tump: A Neolithic burial site west of Rodmarton, Gloucestershire.
• Wormelow Tump: A village in Herefordshire, known for being the burial mound of King Arthur's son, Amr.