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Why Prehistoric Barrows Are Back in Funerary Fashion
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A SCOTTISH study is to look at the modern-day phenomenon of why people are wishing to be buried like their prehistoric ancestors. Glasgow University archaeologist Dr Kenny Brophy and researcher Andrew Watson have received a British Academy Leverhulme small grant to undertake research. The new trend has seen modern versions of prehistoric burial mounds called barrows being built to contain the cremation ashes of the deceased. There are now over 10 of these buildings in operation or in the planning process across the UK, each with design elements taken from megalithic burial mounds from the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The first was at The Long Barrow at All Cannings, Wiltshire, in 2014, built by Tim Daw, and since then several barrows have been built by Sacred Stones and other private owners.
It is one way of getting in touch with the ancestors, though perhaps a bit more ghoulish than simply researching a family tree. Experts at the University of Glasgow is to embark on an investigation of a modern-day phenomenon which has seen a rise in the number of people wishing to be buried like their prehistoric forebears. The new trend has seen modern versions of prehistoric burial mounds called barrows being built to contain the cremation ashes of the deceased. There are now over ten of these buildings in operation or in the planning process across the UK, each with design elements taken from megalithic burial mounds from the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.