Flowerdown Barrows is a

Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...

Barrow site near Littleton,

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. It is a

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looked after by

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Description of site

The site has three Bronze Age burial mounds in a much larger cemetery, two

bowl barrow A bowl barrow is a type of burial mound or tumulus. A barrow is a mound of earth used to cover a tomb. The bowl barrow gets its name from its resemblance to an upturned bowl. Related terms include ''cairn circle'', ''cairn ring'', ''howe'', ''ker ...

s and a well-preserved

disc barrow A disc barrow is a type of tumulus or round barrow, a variety of fancy barrow identified in English Heritage's Monument Class Descriptions. A disc barrow comprises a circular or oval-shaped flat platform, defined by a continuous earthen bank an ...

which has been described as "the finest in Hampshire". The disc barrow is in diameter and contains two circular mounds of and diameter respectively. The larger mound is centrally positioned and has a central hollow. The larger of the two bowl barrows is in diameter and high. The other, situated close to the edge of the disc barrow, is in diameter and only high. Flowerdown disc barrow panorama

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External links

English Heritage site page

Flowerdown Barrows
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The Megalithic Portal

- including an old aerial photo of the Flowerdown disc barrow.
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