 Built out of earth and around fifty local sarsen megaliths , the long barrow consisted of a sub @-@ rectangular earthen tumulus enclosed by kerb @-@ stones . Within the eastern end of the tumulus was a stone chamber , into which human remains were deposited on at least two separate occasions during the Early Neolithic . Osteoarchaeological analysis of these remains has shown them to be those of at least seventeen individuals , a mixture of men , women , children and adults . At least one of the bodies had been dismembered prior to burial , potentially reflecting a funerary tradition of excarnation and secondary burial . As with other barrows , Coldrum has been interpreted as a tomb to house the remains of the dead , perhaps as part of a belief system involving ancestor veneration , although archaeologists have suggested that it may also have had further religious , ritual , and cultural connotations and uses . 
 Built out of earth and around fifty local sarsen megaliths , the long barrow consisted of a sub @-@ rectangular earthen tumulus enclosed by kerb @-@ stones . Within the eastern end of the tumulus was a stone chamber , into which human remains <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> deposited on at least two separate occasions during the Early Neolithic . Osteoarchaeological analysis of these remains <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> shown them to be those of at least seventeen individuals , a mixture of men , women , children and adults . At least one of the bodies <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> been dismembered prior to burial , potentially reflecting a funerary tradition of excarnation and secondary burial . As with other barrows , Coldrum <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> been interpreted as a tomb to house the remains of the dead , perhaps as part of a belief system involving ancestor veneration , although archaeologists <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> suggested that it may also <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>have</mark></a> had further religious , ritual , and cultural connotations and uses . 
Built out of earth and around fifty local sarsen megaliths , da long barrow consisted of a sub @-@ rectangular earthen tumulus enclosed by kerb @-@ stones . Within the eastern end of the tumulus was a stone chamber , into which human remains was deposited on at least two separate occasions during the Early Neolithic . Osteoarchaeological analysis of these remains done shown em to be those of at least seventeen individuals , a mixture of men , women , children and adults . At least one of tdabodies done been dismembered prior to burial , potentially reflecting a funerary tradition of excarnation and secondary burial . As with other barrows , Coldrum done been interpreted as a tomb to house thdaemains of the dead , perhaps as part of a belief system involving ancestor veneration , although archaeologists done suggested dat it may also done had further religious , ritual , and cultural connotations and uses .