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monument Word or Phrase:SQUARE ENCLOSURE *  
Definition:A square shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. Small square enclosures (with sides of less than c.20m) have been interpreted as the remains of square barrows of Iron Age date.
monument Word or Phrase:SQUARE PARTERRE *  
Definition:A parterre consisting of square beds containing ornamental plants often laid out in intricate patterns mimicking embroidery.
monument Word or Phrase:PRIVATE SQUARE *  
Definition:An open area, often paved or cobbled, surrounded by privately owned buildings and inaccessible to the public.
monument Word or Phrase:PUBLIC SQUARE *  
Definition:An open area, often paved or cobbled, surrounded by buildings and accessible to the public.
monument Word or Phrase:SIGNAL SQUARE *  
Definition:A signalling structure used on WWII airfields, comprising a concrete square base with a kerbed border into which concrete signal symbols could be placed to advise pilots in the air of current airfield state e.g. directions of landing and airfield circuit.
monument Word or Phrase:SQUARE BARROW *  
Definition:A burial monument, usually of Iron age date, comprising a small square ditched enclosure surrounding a central interment, which may also have been covered by a mound.
monument Word or Phrase:SQUARE CAIRN *  
Definition:A roughly square mound of stones which may also contain or conceal a burial.
monument Word or Phrase:SQUARE *  
Definition:An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees.

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