Flowerdown Barrows facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Flowerdown Barrows |
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| Type | Tumuli |
| Location | Kennel Lane, Littleton |
| OS grid reference | SU 45879 31984 |
| Area | Hampshire |
| Owner | English Heritage |
| Official name: Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House | |
| Designated | 29 Mar 1949 |
| Reference no. | 1012690 |
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Flowerdown Barrows is a Bronze Age Barrow site near Littleton, Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is a scheduled monument looked after by English Heritage.
Description of site
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". 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. 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.
