Memorials & monuments · South East England
Flowerdown Barrows
Flowerdown Barrows is a Bronze Age Barrow site near Littleton, Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is a scheduled monument looked after by English Heritage.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Flowerdown Barrows is a Bronze Age Barrow site near Littleton, Winchester, Hampshire, England. It is a scheduled monument looked after by English Heritage.
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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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
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 m in diameter and contains two circular mounds of 7 m and 6 m diameter respectively. The larger mound is centrally positioned and has a central hollow. The larger of the two bowl barrows is 20 m in diameter and 1 m high. The other, situated close to the edge of the disc barrow, is 8 m in diameter and only 0.3 m high.
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- Coordinates
- 51.0854, -1.3461
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Winchester
- Parish
- Littleton and Harestock
- Postcode
- SO22 6PS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Winchester
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Flowerdown Barrows (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Flowerdown Barrows?
- Flowerdown Barrows is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO22 6PS), in the parish of Littleton and Harestock.
- Who owns Flowerdown Barrows?
- Flowerdown Barrows is owned by English Heritage.
- Is Flowerdown Barrows free to visit?
- Yes, Flowerdown Barrows is free to enter.
- How do I get to Flowerdown Barrows?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SO22 6PS. It sits within the Winchester parliamentary constituency.