Flowerdown Barrows is a Bronze Age Barrow site near Littleton, Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is a scheduled monument looked after by English Heritage.[1]

Flowerdown Barrows
TypeTumuli
LocationKennel Lane, Littleton
Coordinates51°05′07″N 1°20′46″W / 51.085373°N 1.346138°W / 51.085373; -1.346138
OS grid referenceSU 45879 31984
AreaHampshire
OwnerEnglish Heritage
Official nameThree round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House
Designated29 Mar 1949
Reference no.1012690
Flowerdown Barrows is located in Hampshire
Flowerdown Barrows
Location of Flowerdown Barrows in Hampshire

Description of site

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The site has three Bronze Age burial mounds in a much larger cemetery, two bowl barrows and a well-preserved disc barrow which has been described as "the finest in Hampshire".[2] The disc barrow is 28 metres (92 ft) in diameter and contains two circular mounds of 7 metres (23 ft) and 6 metres (20 ft) diameter respectively. The larger mound is centrally positioned and has a central hollow.[3] The larger of the two bowl barrows is 20 metres (66 ft) in diameter and 1 metre (3.3 ft) high. The other, situated close to the edge of the disc barrow, is 8 metres (26 ft) in diameter and only 0.3 metres (0.98 ft) high.[4]

 
Panorama of the disc barrow at Flowerdown, with the bowl barrow in the background.

Notes

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  1. ^ Historic England. "Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House (1012690)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. ^ Thomas, Nicholas. A guide to prehistoric England. London: B. T. Batsford, 1976.
  3. ^ "Flowerdown Barrows, Littleton, Hampshire". Historic England. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ^ Elliott, Julia. Heritage Unlocked - Guide to free sites in London and the South East. English Heritage. pp. 64–65. ISBN 1 85074 881 0.
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