{"id":6942,"date":"2014-12-22T21:15:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T04:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2014-12-22T21:15:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T04:15:29","slug":"solstice-at-britains-newest-long-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6942","title":{"rendered":"Solstice at Britain’s Newest Long Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC<\/p><\/div>\n

How will the archaeologists of the future explain how barrow (also known as as tumulus<\/a>) building stopped in the Neolithic \u2014 and then resumed, 5,500 years later?<\/p>\n

We know<\/em> this one was built on a solar alignment, because the BBC tells us so.<\/a><\/p>\n

See the barrow under construction here<\/a>. And yes, dead people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How will the archaeologists of the future explain how barrow (also known as as tumulus) building stopped in the Neolithic \u2014 and then resumed, 5,500 years later? We know this one was built on a solar alignment, because the BBC tells us so. See the barrow under construction here. 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