Hillforts & Barrows

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harestonesdown Sep 16, 2012 22:55:58
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
tiompan wrote:
The important thing might be the presence of the barrow not necessarily what's underneath .
Slightly off at a tangent, but any theories about why build a barrow other than for funereal reasons? A cham bered long barrow has lots of possible uses I suppose, a cairn might be a boundary marker (but still quite a lot of effort to go to).

But are there examples of earthen barrows (long or round) which are known to have never contained any remains, even cremation? I guess it would have to a very intact barrow, in soil that was not damaging to bone.

The mother of them all ? Silbury ?

J juamei
juamei Sep 16, 2012 22:57:05
Replying to harestonesdown

South Street LB iirc (and I probably dont)

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 16, 2012 22:58:19
Replying to harestonesdown

Aliens made that, it doesn't count.

T tiompan
tiompan Sep 16, 2012 23:06:32
Replying to harestonesdown

harestonesdown wrote:
thesweetcheat wrote:
tiompan wrote:
The important thing might be the presence of the barrow not necessarily what's underneath .
Slightly off at a tangent, but any theories about why build a barrow other than for funereal reasons? A cham bered long barrow has lots of possible uses I suppose, a cairn might be a boundary marker (but still quite a lot of effort to go to).

But are there examples of earthen barrows (long or round) which are known to have never contained any remains, even cremation? I guess it would have to a very intact barrow, in soil that was not damaging to bone.

The mother of them all ? Silbury ?
South Street , Beckhampton Raod and Horslips Long Barrows and countless Round barrows didn't have burials .Both quite different , one open the other closed and probabaly different function too .