tomwatts
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...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 22, 2014, 15:11
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26683268
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ryaner
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 22, 2014, 18:05
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Kinda nice, kinda not.
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thesweetcheat
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 23, 2014, 09:54
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"They're like London buses. You don't get one for 5,000 years and then all of a sudden two come at once."
Heh.
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CARL
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 24, 2014, 07:22
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I think i will look good when finished and it has had a coulpe of years to weather.
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nigelswift
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 24, 2014, 08:14
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"several people have already expressed an interest in paying for a "family niche", at the cost of £1,000 each"
X 300 niches...
Plus, are the niches that the sun actually shines on more expensive? I'd defo want one of those.
And how long can one occupy for. If it's in perpetuity it's a damn good deal.
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Mustard
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 24, 2014, 10:13
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nigelswift wrote: "several people have already expressed an interest in paying for a "family niche", at the cost of £1,000 each"
X 300 niches...
Plus, are the niches that the sun actually shines on more expensive? I'd defo want one of those.
And how long can one occupy for. If it's in perpetuity it's a damn good deal.
Sadly, the Tories did away with assured tenancies, so it's just a shorthold ;)
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Evergreen Dazed
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 24, 2014, 12:47
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nigelswift wrote: "several people have already expressed an interest in paying for a "family niche", at the cost of £1,000 each"
X 300 niches...
A bigger earner than the Kate Bush tour!
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Evergreen Dazed
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Edited Mar 25, 2014, 15:55
Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 25, 2014, 12:50
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I've been giving this a bit more thought today. Given that Long Barrows don't seem to have been constructed from scratch as 'barrows' in random places, rather more of an 'evolution' from an already special site, perhaps even a house, this seems to me to be a little 'off'? Sort of putting the cart before the horse, missing the point somewhat?
Also, it seems reasonable to say that Long Barrows weren't really solely intended to be burial sites.
I can understand the need or desire for a special site or area for remains but why build a replica of a Neolithic Long Barrow to do this?
Why not a whole new type of building? I don't really understand the association with Long Barrows.
A long barrow is the final stage at a site, and it is the *place* that holds the key to understanding, not the mound of earth that covers it, surely?
I fear many interested might misunderstand this. Not, I suppose, that it should bother me unduly - but this idea that doesn't sit well with me. Especially with the huge amount of £ involved. It feels to me like selling something that is a little false.
I mean no offence to anybody involved, but can anybody else understand what i'm getting at?
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Rhiannon
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 25, 2014, 15:21
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£ £ £
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Evergreen Dazed
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Re: ...All Cannings Long Barrow...
Mar 25, 2014, 15:54
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Rhiannon wrote: £ £ £
It is isn't it. It certainly feels that way anyhow.
At least when I pay my £130 to see Kate Bush in August, i'll be experiencing the genuine article! ;)
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