| 1. | Wedge-shaped gallery graves sometimes had a set of outer walls.
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| 2. | A tumulus may contain several gallery graves radiating outward from the center.
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| 3. | These are known as wedge-shaped gallery graves.
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| 4. | Some gallery graves were not rectangular in shape, but rather narrowed toward the rear.
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| 5. | Some wedge-shaped gallery graves had curved rear walls, while others were linear.
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| 6. | The tumulus ( or " barrow " ) covering a gallery grave may be long.
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| 7. | Although typically described as a long barrow, the mound is actually a transepted gallery grave.
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| 8. | Kong Asgers H�j at Sprove is the largest gallery grave in Denmark, more than 4, 000 years old.
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| 9. | Since the earth atop the gallery grave was only loosely piled up, it often washed away due to erosion.
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| 10. | Many gallery graves today lie exposed to the air, when originally they would have lain deep within a tumulus.
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