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BU archaeologists uncover 6,000-year-old long barrow in the CotswoldsA 6,000-YEAR-OLD PREHISTORIC BURIAL MONUMENT HAS BEEN UNCOVERED NORTHEAST OF CIRENCESTER IN THE COTSWOLDS BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY. Believed to be around 1,000 years older than Stonehenge, the massive mound 60m long by 15m wide, was carefully built of soil and stone by the first farmers living in the area around 4000 BC. It provided a resting place for the dead and a symbol of identity for the living. The barrow was first noticed about ten years ago and has since been studied through a wide range of geophysical surveys and evaluations that confirmed its identification. In the summer of 2016 proper excavations began with a team of around 80 students, graduates and archaeologists from across the world working to explore the stonework of the mound and define possible chambers inside the structure that might contain burials. Traditionally, up to 50 men, women and children were buried in such monuments over a period of several centuries, long before the discovery of metal working.... http://www.heritagedaily.com/2016/09/bu-archaeologists-uncover-6000-year-old-long-barrow-in-the-cotswolds/112792 |
Posted by moss30th September 2016ce |
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| So much still there to be found..I wonder what'd show up on Lidar round there. Surely those pesky estate agents who, iirc, are responsible for the public access Lidar site brought to TMA attention by Juamei would find monied Gloucestershire sufficiently worthwhile? |
Posted by spencer2nd October 2016ce |
| Expect so, Cotswold long barrows are fascinating, but there is probably more evidence everywhere of most things ;) but occasionally is it not better to let the dead lie in peace? Stoney Littleton long barrow had about 10 others nearby, mostly destroyed by farmers...... |
Posted by moss 2nd October 2016ce |
| I agree in a way, but also wonder what degree of excavation needs to occur before a site is listed and hopefully protected. I don't know if there's still 'virgin' pasture in that part of the world that may be one day under threat of the plough, and with it what may lie beneath. Like maps, I've got to say I find Lidar fascinating. |
Posted by spencer 2nd October 2016ce |
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