The Long Barrow at All Cannings
The exterior of the monument
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General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleNeo-neolithic
LocationAll Cannings, Wiltshire
Coordinates51°21′49″N 1°53′46″W / 51.3637°N 1.8961°W / 51.3637; -1.8961
Construction started2014
Completed2015
Opening2015
OwnerTimothy Daw
Design and construction
Main contractorRiverdale Stone

The Long Barrow at All Cannings is a modern barrow near All Cannings, Wiltshire, England, inspired by the neolithic barrows built 5,500 years ago. It was the first barrow built in Britain in thousands of years.

The structure was commissioned by farmer and Stonehenge steward Timothy Daw,[1] and completed in 2014.[2] A sequence of stone chambers under an earthen mound contains 340 niches for the placement of cremation urns, which were sold for £1,000 each to pay for the construction of the barrow.[3]

BBC television programme Countryfile filmed at the barrow in 2016.[4]

In 2018 it was approved as a place of worship.[5]

The barrow has been associated with the revival of barrow building in the UK.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Middleton, Christopher Middleton (14 November 2014). "Stonehenge steward builds his own burial chamber". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. ^ "'Neolithic' burial chamber opens". BBC News. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Burial mound owner 'worried' over long barrow's £13,000 tax bill". BBC News: Wiltshire. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Wiltshire, Countryfile – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Burial mound approved for druid worship". BBC News. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  6. ^ Doughty, Eleanor (8 December 2019). "Inside Soulton Hall, a house that was 'like a spaceship arriving in Shropshire'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Barrow owners unite for stone swap". www.banburyguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  8. ^ Ough, Tom (28 July 2019). "The Wiltshire town famous for bumbling low-level criminality". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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