A Fear of the Past: The Place of the Prehistoric Burial Mound in the Ideology of Middle and Later Anglo-Saxon England.Archaeological investigation is revealing a consistent tradition of Anglo-Saxon secondary activity, occurring at Bronze Age burial mounds and Neolithic long barrows. Through a discussion of archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic sources relating to barrows and other types of prehistoric monument, this paper seeks to illustrate the distinctive place of the barrow in Anglo-Saxon society and ideology. It is intended to demonstrate that the written material of the period contains vital evidence of the Anglo-Saxon peoples' perception of their surrounding landscape.
