Barrow is completed
After five years of work, Soulton Long barrow was finished in time for the winter solstice and the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, in late December 2020.Â
After five years of work, Soulton Long barrow was finished in time for the winter solstice and the great conjuction of Saturn and Jupiter, in late December 2020.
The end of work on the barrow was shared from the @FarmersoftheUK twitter account. This was widely shared, and the comments are worth looking at:
I'm beginning tweeting at the #wintersolstice
— Farmers Of The UK (@FarmersOfTheUK) December 20, 2020
As I just explained, we just finished building a new monument, #soultonlongbarrow, which revives a prehistoric practice of building long barrows, not seen for 5,500 years
These are the first images of the new chamber ever shared pic.twitter.com/RHCQRisFHy