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tiompan 5758 posts |
Nov 23, 2014, 18:38
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Dave , what's interesting about Barrow A , the one with the arcs , is that there are no burials .
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Dave1982 83 posts |
Nov 26, 2014, 20:03
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Hi tiompan No burials, no, but some cremations with part of a skull and parts of leg long bones. I've done a diagram of Church Lawton Barrows, Monument A with the sunrises progression marked. I can't see any orientation at all, so it seems to me that it is a funeral utility, as defined in the origin excavation. It is odd that two arcs are defined, both with the same radius. It seems that the 'ring', or oval, was never completed, although there is evidence of cremation usage. A bit of a mystery ! : ) Is there any way of putting a diagram on here ? Dave1982
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tiompan 5758 posts |
Nov 26, 2014, 20:19
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Dave1982 wrote: Hi tiompan No burials, no, but some cremations with part of a skull and parts of leg long bones. I've done a diagram of Church Lawton Barrows, Monument A with the sunrises progression marked. I can't see any orientation at all, so it seems to me that it is a funeral utility, as defined in the origin excavation. It is odd that two arcs are defined, both with the same radius. It seems that the 'ring', or oval, was never completed, although there is evidence of cremation usage. A bit of a mystery ! : ) Is there any way of putting a diagram on here ? Dave1982 Dave , the suggestion is that the small remains of cremated bone and pieces of urn in the turf , was possibly because the site had been a mortuary house ,a funeral pyre is ruled out .
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Dave1982 83 posts |
Nov 28, 2014, 17:59
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That explains then why so many barrows have no burials in them?
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tiompan 5758 posts |
Nov 28, 2014, 19:42
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Dave1982 wrote: That explains then why so many barrows have no burials in them? Possibly ,in some cases . Others have no burials no remains from a funerary pyre , and no evidence of a pyre .
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