Nottinghamshire undertakers have received approval to revive an ancient burial tradition by creating modern burial mounds. Funeral directors A.W. Lymn will introduce the region's first and only burial mounds in the East Midlands, inspired by prehistoric burial sites from the New Stone Age and Early Bronze Age. Instead of bodies, ashes will be placed in different segments within the burial mounds. A.W. Lymn's land in Calverton was initially granted permission to be a cemetery, and the business has resubmitted its planning application for closed and open barrows.
Nottinghamshire undertakers have had plans approved to bring back a "very unique and timeless" ritual once carried out by our ancient ancestors. Nottingham-based funeral directors A.W. Lymn will soon bring one of Britain's oldest funeral traditions back to the East Midlands by creating what they say are the region's first and only modern burial mounds .
In these prehistoric burial sites, which had been primarily used in the New Stone Age and Early Bronze Age thousands of years ago, bodies were placed in stone or wooden vaults before large mounds of soil were heaped on top them - but in this new iteration ashes will be placed into different segments inside the "barrow" structure. A.W. Lymn's land on George’s Lane just outside the village of Calverton was originally granted permission to be a cemetery in August 2022, but the business resubmitted its planning application for one closed and two open barrows in late 202
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