MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

BELL BARROWS

AUGUST 1989

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures


BELL BARROWS.

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Barrow; Barrow, bell; Barrow, bermed; Barrow, campanulate form; Barrow, round; Barrow, Wessex type; Burial mound; Ring ditch; Round barrow; Tumulus; Wessex type barrows

Ordnance Survey map term: Tumulus

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Bell Barrow.