Which preposition to use with mounds

of Occurrences 251%

A mound of rock-slabs supported it firmly.

in Occurrences 35%

Slice the vegetables, and put these, with the herbs and spices, in the middle of a stewpan, with a few slices of bacon at the top: these should form a sort of mound in the centre for the veal to rest upon.

at Occurrences 21%

" This idea caught the fancy of the girls, and they marked an elaborate trail, building little mounds at every turn and leaving odd arrangements of stones to mark their passing.

on Occurrences 20%

" The little Pilgrim rose up from the mound on which she was sitting.

with Occurrences 19%

It was up and down, up and down, in whatever direction you went, mounded with heaps of ruins, over which the mould had gathered.

over Occurrences 7%

The snow was piled fantastically in huge mounds over the fields, and the railway cuts would be drifted full, so no train would run for days.

near Occurrences 6%

Each communicated with the other, the one to the right being on a mound near the ruins of the house, and some 1,200 yards from the city, the cowshed situated midway between this mound and the river, and, lastly, the stables close to the banks, all partially hidden from view of the batteries on the walls by gardens and thick clusters of trees.

for Occurrences 4%

They bought postal cards and climbed about over the mountain ranges of waste, and they mined in the debris mounds for souvenirs.

as Occurrences 4%

So Dick identified a forlorn mound as his last resting-place, and told the sexton that a marble cross would be erected there under his (Dick's) direction.

from Occurrences 4%

They cleared away mound after mound from the garden, turning them once more into solid walls, for they were formed mainly of excellent stones, which had just been waiting to be put up again.

by Occurrences 3%

She found the little green mound by the stream, and saw at once that the turf had been laid down in squares.

to Occurrences 3%

The recent excavations, interfered with to a large extent by the late war, have been so disappointing in the lack of Roman relics that a suggestion has been made by Sir W.H. St. John Hope that the true site of the Roman town may have been at Stratford, just below the mound to the north-west.

beside Occurrences 3%

Loose earth underfoot warned them not to stumble over the new-raised mound beside the pit, which yawned slightly blacker than the night.

OF Occurrences 2%

Caleb Atwater gives this description of the BURIAL MOUNDS OF OHIO.

above Occurrences 2%

" "O my God, gogoI will stay; but, Jack, if you find me dead, telltellRosathatthat" He gasped and sank down sobbing against the gnarled tree that crossed the mound above Jones's head.

after Occurrences 2%

They cleared away mound after mound from the garden, turning them once more into solid walls, for they were formed mainly of excellent stones, which had just been waiting to be put up again.

along Occurrences 2%

Replace the zones of the clay mound and form the original clay mound along the side of skeleton mound.

behind Occurrences 2%

Across the meadows, beyond the river, could be seen the lantern-tower of old Fotheringhay church, with the mound behind where once stood the castle where ill-fated Mary met her doom.

into Occurrences 2%

"The first was at the mound into the tyning by Master Blackett's house at Iccomb; old Dobbin breasted it, and the stones did rattle round mine ears like a house a-coming down.

like Occurrences 2%

They burrow under the light soil, and throw it up in mounds like moles.

out Occurrences 2%

How many were praying for the day to come when they might gaze upon a white cross, as I had done, and from the brown mound out of which it rose gather a few crumbs of that brown earth, to be deposited in a sacred corner of a sacred place yonder in Britain?

in Occurrences 2%

BRAIDWOOD, ROBERT J. Mounds in the plain of Antioch; an archeological survey.

beneath Occurrences 1%

It was thirteen years since my mother's death, when, after a long absence from my native village, I stood beside the sacred mound beneath which I had seen her buried.

around Occurrences 1%

Sometimes this deposit may even form large hills; sometimes it forms a mound around the spring, over the sides of which the water falls, while the spray, evaporating from surrounding objects, leaves them also incrusted with a mineral deposit.

among Occurrences 1%

When he had done, there was nothing to be seen but a little green mound among the bushes.

Which preposition to use with  mounds