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Rhiannon Jan 21, 2005 14:12:51

Replying to jimit

Also am I right in thinking that the oldest longbarrows around here in the southwest don't even have burials in.. then they might have.. then they have chambers. Dunno what my point is, maybe that they did get fancier in time.

Also the choice of chambers would depend partly on what stones were accessible? The ones in WKLB came from a long way away. Maybe they didn't want to drag hundreds over the countryside when enough would do. Or maybe they liked their bones cosy in just a few chambers.

Oh I don't know.

Kammer Jan 21, 2005 14:42:19

Replying to Rhiannon

Cursi aside, the length of the long barrows doesn't seem to have been indicative of the status of those that built it. LB architecture evolved and had its own regional quirks, but it doesn't look like there was much phallic prowess involved (let's be honest, men obsess about the length of things much more than women)*.

:-)#

If the barrow is a womanly form (an idea I buy into) then it's not really the kind of place to be looking for phallic imagery (at least not externally). Perhaps one community would have boasted about the size of their womb compared to the long barrow down the valley.

K x

* I would like to point out that my car is bigger than yours, and much much more powerful!