h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: The h2g2 University Part 4 : British Burial Barrows: Disc Barrows - A18066116
Author: Bob Stafford (Keeper of The Treacle Shadow) - U3151547

Please review and comment

Hey Bob - this being part of your University project, did you mean this workshop for it?

I haven't read it properly, but from a quick scan I think if it's British Burial Barrows, you need to cover Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland in the same detail as England so it reads a little oddly to see county detail for England but Scotland lumped in together as Scotland. As in "There are also examples from as far north as Scotland."

It would be better to find the county for the furthest north example and list that. Quick google says there's one right up north in the Orkney's. If that's so, it would be odd if there weren't examples in between.

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8390 Can't tell if this guy thinks it's a disc barrow or a round barrow, but he does seem to be saying there is a disc barrow in Orkney. I'll leave it to your expertise to decipher .
Waz

Hi LLwaz

I was aware of it and it looked correctly named, it is a very, very unusual example and as I am in no position to argue as I need to look at it hence the line "There are also examples from as far north as Scotland." and there ase so few examples that about covers it.

Burial mounds of Ireland have been the subject of another entry. The term British is used in the old manner meaning the whole island. The location uses modern terms for clarity of referance. The English Heratage method of classification.

I hope that has cleared up your questions thanks for the interest in the entery

Hey LLwaz your Q- this being part of your University project, did you mean this workshop for it?
My Answer A- Yes we met and you raised a good p[oint and I had the opportunity to review and confirm.


Happy Christmas

Bob