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Insights into Soulton Long Barrow: Mark Eliot Interviews Merryn Tenalach (BBC Sounds)

 

An interesting interview about the Soulton Long Barrow is now available on BBC Sounds, and you can find it here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kqg5b8

Featured on BBC Shropshire’s ‘Secret Shropshire’ series, this interview brings the story of the long barrow to life through the perspective of its Guardian, Merryn Tenalach. Her conversation with Mark Elliot explores the barrow’s appearance and materials, its potential uses, and what it means to her personally.

The interview also paints a vivid picture of the surrounding trees and landscape, connecting the monument to the land that cradles it.

We invite you to listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds.

A dome roof built from stones

The roof Soulton Long Barrow