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:
Almondsbury Tump: a slight prominence near the top of the scarp, in open space near the Swan, Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire
Castle Tump, Tenbury Wells: believed to be the remains of an early Norman motte-and-bailey castle near Burford, Shropshire and Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Cole's Tump, an area of pillow mounds on the west side side of
Orcop Hill, Herefordshire, that overlooks the village of the same name[3]
Congrove Field and The Tumps: north of Bath (Bath and North East Somerset), possibly the site of mining activities in the past
East Tump and West Tump: small (ca. 50m and 100m long respectively) tidal islands off the respective coasts of the Island of
Grassholm
Edmunds Tump: a hill near Grosmont in north-eastern Monmouthshire
Hetty Pegler's Tump: a Neolithic burial mound near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire
Knucklas Castle Mound: site of a castle near the battlefield of the Battle of Beguildy, Powys
Llanthomas Castle Mound comprises the remains of a motte and ditch, near the village of Llanigon and the town of Hay-on-Wye
Leigh Castle Tump: earthwork and buried remains of a medieval motte-and-bailey castle at Castle Green near Leigh, Worcestershire
Loxidge Tump cairn: round cairn on the Offa's Dyke Path, Hatterrall Ridge, with Llanthony to one side and Llanveynoe the other; there are several other cairns nearby in general vicinity of Llanvihangel Crucorney
Keynsham Humpy Tumps: site of open patches of grassland and bare rock, interspersed with blocks of scrub, alongside the Bristol to Bath railway line
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:
Almondsbury Tump: a slight prominence near the top of the scarp, in open space near the Swan, Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire
Castle Tump, Tenbury Wells: believed to be the remains of an early Norman motte-and-bailey castle near Burford, Shropshire and Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Cole's Tump, an area of pillow mounds on the west side side of
Orcop Hill, Herefordshire, that overlooks the village of the same name[3]
Congrove Field and The Tumps: north of Bath (Bath and North East Somerset), possibly the site of mining activities in the past
East Tump and West Tump: small (ca. 50m and 100m long respectively) tidal islands off the respective coasts of the Island of
Grassholm
Edmunds Tump: a hill near Grosmont in north-eastern Monmouthshire
Hetty Pegler's Tump: a Neolithic burial mound near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire
Knucklas Castle Mound: site of a castle near the battlefield of the Battle of Beguildy, Powys
Llanthomas Castle Mound comprises the remains of a motte and ditch, near the village of Llanigon and the town of Hay-on-Wye
Leigh Castle Tump: earthwork and buried remains of a medieval motte-and-bailey castle at Castle Green near Leigh, Worcestershire
Loxidge Tump cairn: round cairn on the Offa's Dyke Path, Hatterrall Ridge, with Llanthony to one side and Llanveynoe the other; there are several other cairns nearby in general vicinity of Llanvihangel Crucorney
Keynsham Humpy Tumps: site of open patches of grassland and bare rock, interspersed with blocks of scrub, alongside the Bristol to Bath railway line