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== Modern practices == [[File:Soulton Long Barrow, autumn 2018.jpg|alt=Soulton Long Barrow, an example of the modern barrows|thumb|[[Soulton Long Barrow]], an example of the modern barrows ]] There is a contemporary revival in barrow building in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Maev|date=26 October 2016|title=Burial mounds make a comeback in 21st-century Britain|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/26/burial-mounds-comeback-21st-century-britain|access-date=20 May 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2015 the first long barrow in thousands of years, the [[Long Barrow at All Cannings]], inspired by those built in the Neolithic era, was built on land just outside the village of [[All Cannings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stonehenge steward builds his own burial chamber|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/11227351/Stonehenge-steward-builds-his-own-burial-chamber.html|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=19 August 2017|last=Middleton|first=Christopher|date=13 November 2014|url-access=limited}}</ref> The barrow was designed to have a large number of private niches within the stone and earth structure to receive cremation urns. This was followed by new barrows at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbury_Hill * The Willow Row Barrow at [[St Neots]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First burial barrow in thousands of years is completed at Hail Weston|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/first-burial-barrow-thousands-years-12062456|last=Makey|first=Julian|date=23 October 2016|website=Cambridge-news.co.uk|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> * The [[Soulton Long Barrow]] at [[Soulton]] in [[Shropshire]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wainwright|first=Oliver|date=18 March 2019|title=Tomb with a view: why burial mounds are a better way to go|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/18/tomb-with-a-view-return-of-burial-mound-sacred-stones-long-barrow|access-date=20 May 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Countryfile, Shropshire|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00049qw|website=BBC One|language=en-GB|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Congregation: An exhibition of secular and sacred architecture |url=http://architecturediary.org/london/events/12886|website=London Architecture Diary|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164101/http://architecturediary.org/london/events/12886}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=In praise of new sacred buildings|last=Heathcote|first=Edwin|url=https://www.ft.com/content/6f1d42c0-5c73-11ea-8033-fa40a0d65a98 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/6f1d42c0-5c73-11ea-8033-fa40a0d65a98 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live|website=Financial Times|date=2 March 2020|access-date=20 May 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Faith buildings extend inclusivity in changing times|url=https://www.ribaj.com/culture/architecture-foundation-congregation-grand-junction-faith-buildings|last=Buxton|first=Pamela|website=www.ribaj.com|date=27 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> * Higher Ground Meadow in [[Dorset]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='A beautiful place for loved ones to rest': New round barrow to be built at Higher Ground Meadow near Beaminster|url=https://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/15504547.a-beautiful-place-for-loved-ones-to-rest-new-round-barrow-to-be-built-at-higher-ground-meadow-near-beaminster/|website=Bridport and Lyme Regis News|language=en|last=Jones|first=Ivor|date=2 September 2017|access-date=27 April 2018}}</ref> * Mid-England Barrow, Oxfordshire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mid-England Barrow β are you looking to store cremation ashes/urns, an alternative to natural burial and funeral venue|url=https://www.mid-englandbarrow.co.uk/|website=Mid-England Barrow β are you looking to store cremation ashes/urns, an alternative to natural burial and funeral venue|language=en-US|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> Plans have also been announced for a barrow in Milton Keynes<ref>{{Cite web|title='Stone-Age Style' long barrow for people to leave ashes in planned for Milton Keynes|url=https://www.mkfm.com/news/local-news/long-barrow-plan-for-non-religious-people-to-leave-the-ashes-of-their-loved-ones-in-milton-keynes/|website=MKFM|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020|date=18 May 2020|last=Tooley|first=David}}</ref> and in Powys.<ref>{{Cite web|title=20/0249/FUL {{!}} Construction of a neolithic style passage tomb and covering mound {{!}} Neolithic Barn Pantmawr Llanidloes Powys|url=https://pa.powys.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=Q5JA39MP00S00&activeTab=summary|website=pa.powys.gov.uk|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
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