Corbelled tomb
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A corbelled tomb is a generic term given to burial structures with corbel
led roofs rather than simple slabs which generally denote an earlier type of construction.
In Europe they include the Mycenean tholos tomb type.
Corbel
In architecture a corbel is a piece of stone jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger". The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or...
led roofs rather than simple slabs which generally denote an earlier type of construction.
In Europe they include the Mycenean tholos tomb type.