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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bell barrow
First, the Nordic Bronze Age barrow gave its name to the location Håga ("the barrow"), which became part of the cognomen of the king, at Haugi ("at the barrow"), and interestingly, the mound was later named after the king.
Platform barrow The least common of the recognised types of round barrow, consisting of a flat, wide circular mound, which may be surrounded by a ditch.
Pond barrow a barrow consisting of a shallow circular depression, surrounded by a bank running around the rim of the depression.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bell-barrow   (362 words)

  
  Bell barrow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The bell barrow Milton Lilbourne 2 in (Click link for more info and facts about Wiltshire) Wiltshire has no burial associated with it.
Most bell barrows in the United Kingdom date to the early ((archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons) Bronze Age.
Leslie Grinsell constructed a (Classification according to general type) typology for bell barrows:
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/bell_barrow.htm   (176 words)

  
 Tumulus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First, the Nordic Bronze Age barrow gave its name to the location Håga ("the barrow"), which became part of the cognomen of the king, at Haugi ("at the barrow"), and interestingly, the mound was later named after the king.
Platform barrow The least common of the recognised types of round barrow, consisting of a flat, wide circular mound, which may be surrounded by a ditch.
Pond barrow a barrow consisting of a shallow circular depression, surrounded by a bank running around the rim of the depression.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrows   (1692 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
A bell barrow, sometimes referred to as a Wessex type barrow, campanulate form barrow, or a bermed barrow is a type of tumulus identified as such by both John Aubrey and William Stukeley.
Most bell barrows in the United Kingdom date to the early Bronze Age.
Leslie Grinsell constructed a typology for bell barrows:
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bell_barrow   (216 words)

  
 Astronomical Alignments at a Bronze Age Round Barrow in Crick, Monmouthshire, South Wales
They were the bell, the disc, the saucer and the pond-barrow, the main distinguishing factor being the relative sizes of the mound and, where it existed, the berm surrounding the mound.
The barrow's true nature was however revealed during excavation in 1940 by the late Dr. Hubert N. Savory, who was then working as an assistant in the Department of Archaeology at the National Museum of Wales.
The barrow would therefore be roughly contemporary with the later phases of construction at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, which lies at the heart of Wessex.
homepage.ntlworld.com /mjpowell/Crick_Barrow/Crick.htm   (3324 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - British Burial Barrows: Bell Barrows
Barrows are normally dated from the grave goods or the remains they contain, and the dating evidence puts the bulk of bell barrows into the early and middle Bronze Age.
The bell barrow was very similar to the bowl barrow, but with a distinctive narrow, flat shelf known as a berm between the barrow mound and the surrounding ditch.
The sizes of bell barrows varied greatly - the largest known example has a diameter of 46 metres and sits on at Bincombe Hill, Dorset, while the smallest is at Eggardon Hill and is 17 metres across.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A18066044   (691 words)

  
 Stonehenge
At one time it was considered that these Barrows were the monuments erected to the memory of warriors who had fallen in battle.
Indeed, the Stonehenge Bell Barrows are the very crown of the Sepulchral Mound on Salisbury Plain.
Unlike the Long Barrow, they are entirely surrounded by a circular ditch, from which material for the Mound has been excavated ; within the ditch is a circular area level with the turf, from which the mound rises from five to fifteen feet in a graceful conical form.
stonehenge.zorger.com   (2210 words)

  
 The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Giant's Grave Barrow Cemetery Barrow Cemetery
Giant's Grave is the name given to the single bell barrow of the cemetery, the remaining four barrows being bowl.
All the barrows have been subject to excavation with finds including cremations, barbed abd tanged arrow heads, bone pins and tweezers in the bell barrow, and a circular cist, bone tweezers, a wrist guard, pottery and beads being found in the bowl barrows.
The two bowl barrows at the cemetery's western site with the bell barrow of the eastern site visible in the end of the trees in the distance.
www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=14019   (705 words)

  
 Tumulus   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Alternate meanings of barrow: see Barrow-in-Furness for the town of Barrow in Cumbria, England; also Barrow, Alaska in the U.S; also River Barrow in Ireland.
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
In Britain, early references to tumuli were made by William Camden, John Aubrey, and William Stukeley.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/tumulus   (477 words)

  
 The Blue Bell Hotel, English lake district accommodation and conference facilities in Cumbria, how to find us
Blue Bell is on the left hand side of the A6.
Travel 3 miles to junction, take first exit signed Barrow (A590).
Blue Bell Hotel is on right hand side of A6.
www.bluebellhotel.co.uk /location.htm   (123 words)

  
 The Modern Antiquarian.com | UK | Wisley Common Bell Barrow (Round Barrow(s))
Wisley Common Bell Barrow (Round Barrow(s)) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
The easiest way to get to the barrow is to follow the woodland road around to its end, close to the A3.
The huge barrow is then on your left, about 40 metres in diameter and 5 - 6m high I'd guess.
www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/3897/wisley_common_bell_barrow.html   (373 words)

  
 IT Conversations: John Barrow
I thought you might be interested in listening to the following audio program from IT Conversations: 'John Barrow' http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail926.html IT Conversations podcasts can be listened to on your computer.
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Moira Gunn interviews John Barrow, a cosmologist and mathematician at Cambridge University.
www.itconversations.com /shows/detail926.html   (823 words)

  
 Crick Bell-Barrow Reconstruction Drawing
A speculative reconstruction drawing of the Crick bell-barrow, viewed from the South, based on evidence gleaned from H. Savory's excavation report.
The barrow is shown at the moment of midwinter sunrise, with a man shown beside it for scale.
The south-eastern cup-marked stone can be seen protruding through the mound, facing toward the sunrise.
homepage.ntlworld.com /mjpowell/Crick_Barrow/Fig6.htm   (72 words)

  
 The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Micheldever Wood bell barrow Round Barrow(s)
This barrow is on the waymarked Archaeology Trail through the Forestry Commission managed Micheldever Woods.
According to Hampshire Treasures the mound is 23 metres in diameter.
The bell barrow is alongside the track on the waymarked "archaeological trail" through the southern part of Micheldever Wood.
www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=14247   (552 words)

  
 Site-Map for Thetford Forest Archaeology, Thetford Norfolk Suffolk
West Stow Field Round Barrow Photo of round barrow in West Stow Field, Kings Forest.
White Hill Bell Barrow Photo of White Hill Bell Barrow, Brandon, Suffolk.
Unnamed Barrow at Icklingham Photo of unnamed tumulus round barrow at Icklingham, Suffolk.
spamandchips.net /archaeology/nav.htm   (1603 words)

  
 Martyn Bell Racing Home Page
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www.martynbellracing.com   (88 words)

  
 theLakelandFells - Lake District fells photographic walking guide
Bell Crags (C) Benn, The (C) Bigland Barrow (LS)
Buck Barrow (S) Buck Pike (S) Buckbarrow (W) Burn Moor (S) Burnbank Fell (W) Caermote Hill (St John's Hill) (N) Calf Crag (C) Capplebarrow (FE)
Darling Fell (W) Dent (Long Barrow) (W) Dodd, Buttermere (W) Dodd, Skiddaw (N) Dollywaggon Pike (E) Dove Crag (E) Dow Crag (S) Dunmallet (E) Dunnerdale Fells (S) Eagle Crag (C) Eel Crag (Crag Hill) (NW)
www.leaney.org   (1034 words)

  
 Hampshire Treasures: Volume 5 ( New Forest), Page 83 - Denny Lodge
Hampshire Treasures: Volume 5 (New Forest), Page 83 - Denny Lodge
A group of six bowl barrows and a probable bell barrow.
Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8ZB
www.hants.gov.uk /hampshiretreasures/vol05/page083.html   (44 words)

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