Everything about Pond Barrow totally explained
A
pond barrow is a
burial mound, circular in shape, well formed, and with an embanked rim made of the earth taken from the depression made in the ground.
In the barrow's centre there's generally a pit or shaft, sometimes containing a burial, sometimes of great depth. The barrows range from 5m to 30m (16.5 - 100 ft) in diameter. They are usually difficult to recognise, as time has rendered them less and less visible.
History of the pond barrow
It is generally agreed that the pond barrows were mainly built during the middle of the
second millennium BC, mostly in
Wiltshire and
Dorset.
They were first defined by Sir
Richard Colt Hoare in
1810 in a book regarding the ancient history of south Wiltshire, but they were first excavated by
William Stukeley earlier. The term, however, was invented by Hoare, although "barrow" refers to a hill and so this is a fairly misleading term.
Uses
The fact that only small amounts of human remains are found in the barrows suggests that they may have been used as ceremonial focuses rather than graves, and that mortuary rituals may have been carried out with them. Other possible uses include wells, for communications with the
underworld and for
dancing in.
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