The barrows are becoming an increasingly interesting concept as everyone becomes more open about death and life after we’ve gone.
To hear other people’s experiences with the barrows, please find a selection of documentaries and articles below.
Daily Mail
Soulless Britain and what this new Bronze Age style tomb can teach us about death (and life)
Neolithic man would understand. This weekend, near St Neots in Cambridgeshire, a brand new burial barrow will open for business — only the second to be built in this country for thousands of years.
Metro
Snapper captures stunning rainbow of star trails and Venus in night sky
THIS amazing picture shows Venus and impressive star trails streaking across the night sky above a newly opened Stone Age burial barrow. The Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire is only the third of its kind to be opened as part of an ancient tradition being resurrected across Britain.
Financial Times
Modern death: new ways of paying tribute
A trend is emerging for more eco-friendly, high-tech and life-affirming memorials
The Guardian
Burial mounds make a comeback in 21st-century Britain
A type of burial used 5,000 years ago is available again as families mourning loved ones seek a better way of doing death
The Times
A niche solution for all those ashes
It’s the new trend that’s about 5,000 years old — storing the cremated ashes of loved ones in the flickering candlelight of a neolithic burial chamber.
Independent
Ancient burials resurrected by UK company trying to bring back barrows
The round barrow in Cambridgeshire will be the region’s first in more than 3,500 years
The Hunts Post
Neolithic style burial chamber near St Neots will create final resting place
A hand crafted Neolithic-style burial chamber – the first to be built in the county for 3,500 years – is being constructed in a remote field near Hail Weston.
YouTube
Sacred Stones Barrows – Unique Memorials for Cremation Ashes
Families talk openly about their own experiences and why they chose to use a Barrow to create a unique memorial for their loved ones ashes. This is a collection of testimonies from families who chose to use Willow Row barrow to commemorate and celebrate a life. The individual stories detail personal journeys