I don't think that with Richards and Thomas twelve miles to the south and MPP forty miles to the northeast that my long barrow will stand a chance of remaining undug. There's a front to it and six feet behind that a concave depression in the ground that could very well be a wooden chamber that has subsided. It never occurred to me that there may be drystone walling underneath the mound itself, which is about ninety metres long. I'd forgotten about EKLB, but thanks for the link to Prisse La Chariere.

[quote="tiompan
Not sure what your'e suggesting .There are quite a lot of them . East Kennet being the most obvious . DNA and tooth enamel , if the chamber(s) was really secure like the recent results from Prisse La Chariere would be good but I think there is a chance that most arcaheologists would be happy to leave things as they are for future generations and technological advances .[/quote]

Not sure about the unwillingness of an archo to disturb the EKLB, I would have thought they'd be fighting over the chance to get stuck in there and make a name for themselves!