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Bell barrow on Teglease Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. The monument is characterised by its distinctive bell-shaped form, a type of barrow typical of the Bronze Age period, comprising a central mound surrounded by a ditch. The site represents an important example of funerary practice from the second millennium BCE, when such earthworks were constructed to mark high-status burials across southern England. The barrow survives as a visible archaeological feature within the downland landscape of Hampshire.
Bell barrow on Teglease Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017890. View the official record →
Bell barrow on Teglease Down is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017890.
Bell barrow on Teglease Down 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 1017890.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Teglease Down, 600m north east of Little West End Farm (0.5 km), Bowl barrow 640m south west of Coombe Cottages (0.6 km), Leydene Ditches (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bell barrow on Teglease Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bell barrow on Teglease Down stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.