Flowerdown Barrows

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The disc barrow at Flowerdown, with the bowl barrow behind

Flowerdown Barrows are a series of Bronze Age burial mounds near Littleton, by Winchester in Hampshire.

The site has three Bronze Age barrows in a much larger cemetery, including a well-preserved disc barrow which has been described as "the finest in Hampshire".[1]

The site is in the care of English Heritage.

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References

  1. Thomas, Nicholas. A guide to prehistoric England. London: B. T. Batsford, 1976.