The proposed All Cannings long barrow.

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tjj Sep 24, 2013 07:53:41
Replying to harestonesdown

For anyone who isn't aware of the story here it is ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-23867760

I can't see what objection there could be if it is on private land and yet, and yet, it just doesn't feel right to me. Of course what happens to your remains after death is the concern of others - my general understanding about the people who built long barrows is that they believed in the After Life. Most people today do not.
It feels gimmicky - sorry to be a killjoy (if that's possible in this scenario).

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Sep 24, 2013 08:17:10
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
For anyone who isn't aware of the story here it is ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-23867760

I can't see what objection there could be if it is on private land and yet, and yet, it just doesn't feel right to me. Of course what happens to your remains after death is the concern of others - my general understanding about the people who built long barrows is that they believed in the After Life. Most people today do not.
It feels gimmicky - sorry to be a killjoy (if that's possible in this scenario).

If you were really into having a barrow burial, albeit just your ashes, you could pretty well pre-arrange with friends or family for them to be deposited in a 'real' barrow pretty much anywhere couldn't you. Nobody has to know and it surely will have been done many times over already.