VIEWING OF THE BARROW INTERIOR BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Dedicated to creating meaningful resting places for your cremation ashes Sacred Stones helps families create their end-of-life rituals. This could be a funeral with a coffin present or a memorial ceremony with cremation ashes. There are no time limits, doctrine, or prescribed practices. Come and visit - book a free personal tour of our beautiful, peaceful location.
I have not visited the place, but rate it based on video and interview with the farmer who owns the land. Looks like a very nice place to visit. Search for "No-one built these for 5,000 years... until now." on youtube to get a closer look if you are thinking about visiting.
Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire is one of the first barrows built in Britain in the past 5000 years, a revival of traditions that predate the wheel. Photos do not do the site justice, and the lovely team will be happy to host visitors. Sacred Stones worked with archaeologists and skilled stone masons to realise this timeless monument. Aligned with the summer solstice's rising sun and the winter solstice's setting sun, the barrow is peaceful and atmospheric. Construction started in 2017 with the first chamber. Completed in 2020, the second chamber is larger, around 30 metres in diameter. There is a single stained glass window to light the chamber as well as the gentle flicker of candles. The roofs of the chambers are corbelled, concentric circles of overlapping stones. The walls are lined with niches for vessels of cremated remains, spaces that can be personalized by loved ones. The niches of the second chamber are more uniform, but a range of sizes are available in the other chamber and corridor between them. The limestone for the barrow came from Churchfield Quarry near Peterborough. A trio of megaliths that lead from the road to the barrow, similar megaliths make up the huge portal entrance.
Only a four star from me because the information on Google said it opens at 09-00 am, so I travelled 50 miles one way to discover it padlocked. A bit disappointed that l couldn't view the inside. Nevertheless I surprisingly had the place to myself. Wonder why. Still I'm glad that I've been and will return on a weekend. This grumpy old man will still recommend it.
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Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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I have not visited the place, but rate it based on video and interview with the farmer who owns the land. Looks like a very nice place to visit. Search for "No-one built these for 5,000 years... until now." on youtube to get a closer look if you are thinking about visiting.
Soulton Long Barrow in Shropshire is one of the first barrows built in Britain in the past 5000 years, a revival of traditions that predate the wheel. Photos do not do the site justice, and the lovely team will be happy to host visitors. Sacred Stones worked with archaeologists and skilled stone masons to realise this timeless monument. Aligned with the summer solstice's rising sun and the winter solstice's setting sun, the barrow is peaceful and atmospheric. Construction started in 2017 with the first chamber. Completed in 2020, the second chamber is larger, around 30 metres in diameter. There is a single stained glass window to light the chamber as well as the gentle flicker of candles. The roofs of the chambers are corbelled, concentric circles of overlapping stones. The walls are lined with niches for vessels of cremated remains, spaces that can be personalized by loved ones. The niches of the second chamber are more uniform, but a range of sizes are available in the other chamber and corridor between them. The limestone for the barrow came from Churchfield Quarry near Peterborough. A trio of megaliths that lead from the road to the barrow, similar megaliths make up the huge portal entrance.
Only a four star from me because the information on Google said it opens at 09-00 am, so I travelled 50 miles one way to discover it padlocked. A bit disappointed that l couldn't view the inside. Nevertheless I surprisingly had the place to myself. Wonder why. Still I'm glad that I've been and will return on a weekend. This grumpy old man will still recommend it.
