Dimensions
172 x 248 x 10mm
Describes the origin of the monuments and their construction, including the pits, standing stones and posts found beneath the later mounds, their location within the country side and what this might mean for contemporary society. This work also discusses the nature of platforms, pavements, internal cairns and earthen round mounds. Over the last 30 years, there has been extensive new research on
Neolithic Long Barrows. David Field describes the origin of the
monuments and their construction, including the pits, standing stones
and posts found beneath the later mounds, their location within the
country side and what this might mean for contemporary society. He also
discusses the nature of platforms, pavements, internal cairns and
earthen round mounds. Evidence of feasting and ceremony is assessed.
Emphasis is placed on the new finds that have been made from the air and
on the use that was made of earthen barrows by later civilizations.
