A Nottinghamshire village could soon host a new cemetery aiming to revive a style of burial dating back thousands of years. The site would be the only one in the East Midlands if approved, with historic local funeral firm A.W. Lymn being one of the companies behind the plans.
Barrows were said to have been the dominant method of housing the dead well into the Middle Bronze Age, with the sites comprising a burial chamber used to store the cremated ashes of loved ones. The Sacred Stones company was established in 2015 to bring back this tradition, with sites already operating in locations such as Shropshire and Cambridgeshire.
But the company could soon be building its first East Midlands site in Calverton if Gedling Borough Council approves a planning application submitted in January. The site would be situated off George's Lane, where A.W. Lymn already has planning permission for a large cemetery on greenbelt land.
