Posted on 09/09/2018 3:22:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Full Headline: Return of the death mound: Neolithic-style tombs are back in fashion after 5,000 years as Britain runs out of space to bury the dead
These stunning images show the Milky Way etched across the night sky over a Neolithic burial barrow, which will open this weekend as part of a Stone Age tradition being resurrected across Britain.
The Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire is only the third of its kind to be opened in modern times.
The burial chamber is based on ancient solution to the lack of burial space in Britain used by our Neolithic ancestors almost 5,000 years ago.
Soulton Long Barrow is made entirely by hand using natural limestone, lime mortar and traditional techniques.
Housing ashes inside the structure costs around £750 ($970) for an individual, and £5,850 ($7,590) for a family.
The barrow, covered by rich soil planted with wild flowers and meadow grass, will house cremation ashes and will provide a cheaper and more secular alternative venue for funerals, its creators say.
Similar structures have already opened at All Cannings in Wiltshire back in 2014, and at Willow Row in Cambridgeshire two years later.
The Neolithic-inspired structures are the first to be built in the UK for 5,500 years.
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Oh, barrow me not on the lone prairie.
Do I get to poison all friends and relatives bury them with so they can serve me in the afterlife? Good enough for a Sumerian Queen good enough for me!
SO they don’t have enough room to bury their dead but they’re importing moslems who breed like rabbits?
There was plenty of burial space in Neolithic Britain. They just didn’t want to put their dead in holes in the ground. There’s plenty of room now; they just prefer not to use more of it for cemeteries.
They have room if they didn’t have those invaders.
Oh, barrow me not on the lone prairie.
What, you got something about riding in wheel barrows?
Wheels are made for rolling, mules are made to pack
I’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back
Thanks BenLurkin. Good idea, and the more ostentatious, the better to drive all the overwrought snowflakes into environimentally correct biodegradable cremation containers.
My luck, that'll be the landlord after my heirs prefer to spend the 750 pounds on hookers and booze...
You know what would save space: put them on a Viking ship, light it on fire, and push it out over the waves.
Paleo diet, Neolithic burial. Slowly working their way up to Bronze Age.
“ancient solution to the lack of burial space”
Uhh, I’d think there was a bit more real estate per capita available in the ancient world.
Hey!
Your tag says BenLurkin, not Ben Rumpsen!
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