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Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Hampshire, England. The site consists of two distinct barrow types, indicating ritual burial practices typical of the Bronze Age period. Bell barrows are characterised by a central mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank, whilst bowl barrows represent a simpler form comprising a mound enclosed by a single ditch. These monuments survive as earthwork remains and contribute to the archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in southern England.
Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020318. View the official record →
Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps is a pair of Bronze Age burial mounds located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020318.
Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020318.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 630m NNE of Littleton House (6.4 km), Iron Age field system, banjo enclosure and Romano-British villa, 500m east of Woodham Farm. (6.9 km), Late Iron Age settlement site N of Grace's Farm (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Bell barrow and bowl barrow at Kitson's Clumps stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.