A daughter carried out an illegal "Stone Age" burial for her dad in the grounds of his home after he rejected modern medical help, an inquest has heard.
Donald George Brett was left dead sitting in his favourite chair for days before he was buried at his home of 25 years near Builth Wells in Wales.
Mr Brett had chosen to live an "alternative" off-grid lifestyle and so when he fell very ill he refused NHS care and eventually he died.
Before he died, Mr Brett said he had wanted a Pagan-style burial, reports Wales Online.
An inquest heard that his daughter Eirys Brett and her partner Mark Watson carried out Mr Brett's wishes and buried him in the grounds of his home of 25 years near Builth Wells.
The pair later received four-month suspended prison sentences at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after admitting preventing the lawful and decent burial of Mr Brett.
His inquest, which was held on Wednesday, was told that Mr Brett died on or about June 14, 2019.
After he died, he was left in his favourite chair next to a wood-burner for several days while his daughter and her partner dug a 6ft makeshift woodland grave.
He was buried in a red and turquoise bobble hat, red t-shirt and harlequin chef trousers.
His body was wrapped in a hessian cotton blanket with rope wrapped in a cross pattern with paintbrushes, flowers and a poem in the grave.
Investigating officer Detective Constable Alex Stuart said: "They had a ritual. He was not thrown in, he was strategically placed, it was a Stone or Bronze Age sort of burial, then they covered the hole."
DC Stuart added that Mr Brett had died at his daughter and Watson's home in St Harmon, near Rhayader, before they had brought him back to Aberedw for burial near his house.
Police began investigating when Mr Brett was reported missing by his landlord on August 19.
The hearing was told that Ms Brett and Mr Watson had left the Powys area before being arrested a few days later. When quizzed by officers, the pair showed where the late Mr Brett had been buried.
"They both pinpointed pretty much the same place where he had been buried," added DC Stuart.
"It was a full and frank admission from the start. They both made full admissions that he was unlawfully buried."
Detectives also said they found "no evidence" of any foul play.
The inquest was also told that smoker Mr Brett had been suffering from prostate cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) prior to his death - although none of these could be clearly determined as the cause of his death, a post-mortem showed.
A coroner also was told that Mr Brett had the capacity to make decisions and was not coerced.
And friends told police that Mr Brett would only seek medical treatment if "absolutely necessary" at his cottage with no electricity.
Ms Brett and Mr Watson, of St Harmon, near Rhayader, Powys, were charged by police and later pleaded guilty to preventing a lawful and decent burial.
They were handed four-month suspended sentences at Merthyr Crown Court in July this year.
Judge Recorder Gregg Bull QC told them: "You took every loving care in burying him.
This was not a rushed burial in the dead of night in some underhand way. You chose to give him his last rites in what can be best described as some sort of pagan funeral.
"Everybody's entitled to their beliefs and make no comment about yours. But you should have gone about it in a different way."
Assistant coroner Patricia Morgan recorded an open conclusion at the inquest.
She said: "There is no evidence to suggest that his death was suspicious.
