Long Barrows of the Cotswolds
Long Barrows of the Cotswolds

Author: Timothy Darvill

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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"Long barrows, with their massive tapering mounds and hidden burial chambers, bear witness to the architectural proficiency of our ancestors. Built by early farming communities between 4000 and 3000 B.C., they form part of western Europe's earliest surviving architecture. Today they are familiar features of our landscape, with over 200 examples scattered across the picturesque Cotswold Hills, north Wessex Downs, and the hills and vales west of the River Severn." "As well as exploring their design, construction and purpose, and the ceremonies that took place at these impressive structures, Professor Timothy Darvill examines their origins, considers their relationships with similar sites elsewhere in Britain, and shows how they acted as permanent focal points in a changing landscape."--BOOK JACKET.

The Ancient Burial-mounds of England
The Ancient Burial-mounds of England

Author: L.V. Grinsell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-24

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1317604687

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First published in 1936 and rewritten in 1953, this book embodies the results of the author’s extensive researches and fieldwork. Part one considers types of barrows and dating, their building and the cult of the dead from Palaeolithic to Saxon times. A chapter is dedicated to maps and another to fieldwork in particular, while the final bit of the introductory material discussed barrow-digging from the time of the Romans to the twentieth century. Part two is the regional surveys, from Cornwall to Kent and northwards to the Scottish border.

The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland
The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland

Author: Richard Bradley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-16

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1108419925

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Highlights the achievements of prehistoric people in Britain and Ireland over a 5,000 year period.

Orientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment
Orientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment

Author: Alistair Marshall

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

Published: 2021-07-08

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 1789697069

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Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.

Hazleton North
Hazleton North

Author: Alan Saville

Publisher: English Heritage

Published: 2013-01-15

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1848021615

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Hazleton North is an Early Neolithic chambered long cairn of the Cotswold-Severn group, which was selected for total excavation between 1979 and 1982 after survey showed continued damage from ploughing. This trapezoidal long cairn is an example of the laterally-chambered type of tomb with two very similar L-shaped chambered areas near its centre, entered from opposite sides of the monument. Particular attention is given to two aspects which make Hazleton North of outstanding importance for the study of Neolithic chambered cairns in Britain: the details of the cairn construction and the burial remains. The account is supported by a full range of specialist studies, including analysis of the artefacts, human and animal bones, plant and molluscan remains, soils, geology, and numerous radiocarbon samples, and is concluded by a discussion of the results of the excavation and its significance for the study of Cotswold-Severn cairns and the earlier Neolithic of the region.

Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond
Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond

Author: Jim Leary

Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 284

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Design, geometry, and the metamorphosis of monuments / David Field -- " --a place where they tried their criminals" : Neolithic round mounds in Perth and Kinross / Kenneth Brophy -- Scotland's Neolithic non-megalithic round mounds : new dates, problems, and potential / Alison Sheridan -- Tynwald Hill and the round mounds of the Isle of Man / Timothy Darvill -- Recent work on the Neolithic round barrows of the upper Great Wold Valley, Yorkshire / Alex Gibson and Alex Bayliss -- "One of the most interesting barrows ever examined" : Liffs Low revisited / Roy Loveday and Alistair Barclay -- Neolithic round barrows on the Cotswolds / Timothy Darvill -- Silbury Hill : a monument in motion / Jim Leary -- The brood of Silbury? : a remote look at some other sizeable Wessex mounds / Martyn Barber [and others] -- The mystery of the hill / Jonathan Last -- The formative henge : speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties / Steve Burrow -- Monumentality and inclusion in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland / Geraldine Stout -- Round mounds containing portal tombs / Tatjana Kytmannow -- Native American mound building traditions / Peter Topping -- The round mound is not a monument / Tim Ingold.

The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales
The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales

Author: Glyn E. Daniel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-28

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 110769762X

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This 1950 book surveys what was known about prehistoric chamber tombs in England and Wales at the time of publication, reflecting on discoveries made through the excavation of numerous tombs in the previous fifty years. This book will be of value to anyone interested in megalithic tombs and the development of archaeology.

Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire

Author: W. H. Weston

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13:

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Cover title: A school history of Gloucestershire.