<< Our Photo Pages >> Flowerdown Barrows - Barrow Cemetery in England in Hampshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Flowerdown BarrowsCountry: England County: Hampshire Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Winchester Nearest Village: Littleton
Map Ref: SU459320
Latitude: 51.085488N Longitude: 1.346059W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Upozi visited on 17th Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Right on the road but easy to miss the entrance. See Jim Champion's description and directions
Angus visited on 20th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Access: 4.5
Only three round barrows remain of what was once a much larger cemetery. Two of these are bowl barrows, 20m and 8m in diameter. The third is a large well-preserved disc barrow, correctly described as the "finest disc barrow in Hampshire". It is almost 30m in diameter with two low mounds on its circular platform. [source]
There is also a sarsen stone at the site, close to the road, which was originally found nearby on Dean Down Drove. Presumably its been put here by English Heritage for safekeeping.
Access The site is managed by English Heritage and has signposted access up a few steps and through a gate from the road. It is opposite the post office at the main crossroads in Littleton village on the B3049 out of Winchester. Park nearby in one of the side roads.
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