In Beowulf, an Anglo-Saxon epic poem by John Lesslie Hall, Beowulf yielded to a wound which he sustained during his battle with a dragon, which was defeated. Beowulf then requests the Geats to bury his ashes after cremating him into rock mound. Therefore, a monument was built along the shore which served as a memorial of the great king. A funeral pyre is built and mounted various battle equipment by the Geatish warriors and the Wiglaf. The barrow is built after the pyre is into ashes, it is built so tall that it is visible to the voyagers in the sea. From the dragon's liar retrieved were some precious ornaments and gold which were buried. And hence, the twelve Geatish warriors rode around the monument and grieve and praising the king for his courage and glorious feats.
