TTOT Whitby

J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 11:21:00h +0100, Paul Cummins pondered:

I thought Barrow was in Furness, hcen the name, Barrow in Furness !

Yes there is a Barrow in Furness in the County of Cumbria, just as there
is a Barrow on Humber in the County of Lincolnshire.

So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.

Bill

Bill Wright wrote:
J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 11:21:00h +0100, Paul Cummins pondered:

I thought Barrow was in Furness, hcen the name, Barrow in Furness !

Yes there is a Barrow in Furness in the County of Cumbria, just as there
is a Barrow on Humber in the County of Lincolnshire.

So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.

Bill
I've been thinking, like. A barrow in the man-made landscape features
sense is the same as a wheelbarrow. Both are full of muck, and the lump
of muck is the same shape, except that the one on the ground is upside
down compared to the one in the wheelbarrow.

Bill

On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 16:51:27h +0100, Bill Wright claimed:

A barrow in the man-made landscape features sense is the same as
a wheelbarrow. Both are full of muck, ...

Is that any way to speak of the dead?

On 13/07/2011 16:45, Bill Wright wrote:

So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.

Bill


My mapping program has nine. There's even one in Rutland.

Andy

J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 16:51:27h +0100, Bill Wright claimed:

A barrow in the man-made landscape features sense is the same as
a wheelbarrow. Both are full of muck, ...

Is that any way to speak of the dead?

Alas the reality is, yes.

Bill

Andy Champ wrote:
On 13/07/2011 16:45, Bill Wright wrote:

So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.

Bill


My mapping program has nine. There's even one in Rutland.

Andy
I bet there's more than one barrow in Rutland. I mean take the council
for instance. I bet even in a small place like Rutland they've got more
than one barrow.

Bill

On Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 19:26:20h +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

Alas the reality is, yes.

It makes you wonder how much of the soil in your garden consists
of decomposed people, eh?

Some sources claim that at times (perhaps when they were having a party)
the skull and major bones of some of the deceased were temporarily
removed from the barrow, maybe for ceremonial use (or perhaps to show
visiting relatives what had happened to grandpa or great aunt Ethyl).

QUOTE

The bones in these passage graves were not laid to rest, though.
They were movable property. Perhaps communal gatherings took place
inside the passage graves; the resonant qualities of many of these
chambers have been shown to be conducive to the theatrical
amplification of sound.

But although bones were not collected together or laid out in respect
of any one individual, they seem not to have been randomly thrown together
into a heap either.

In some tombs, where bones were used as relics and were moved about,
there is evidence for the bones having been stored in areas containing
the same body parts – all the skulls in one place, all the left arm bones
in another, almost as if hinting at one composite person lying there in the grave.

UNQUOTE

For those that are interested, here are some pictures of the largest barrow
known in the County of Lincolnshire, located north west of Swaby --

http://www.stone-circles.org.UK/stone/beaconplantation.htm

Find the location of other barrows at

http://www.megalithic.co.UK/search.php?sitetype=15

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:45:38 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:


So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.


There's Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire

In message , Peter Johnson
writes
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:45:38 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:


So there's two barrows, like in my back yard.


There's Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire

I was a founder member of Tarbarrow CC in Cirencester,
named after the barrows on the edge of the field.

There's also the village of Barrow next to RAF Boddington, Glos..
--
Ian

Peter Johnson wrote:

There's Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire

But the 'w on Soar' is silent!