Bell barrow

The ditch is typically the source of the material used to create the mound and is therefore described as a "quarry-ditch".

A burial pit beneath the mound usually contains human remains, sometimes cremated, sometimes simply interred.

Grave goods such as daggers or pottery vessels are commonly found within the burial pit also.

[2] Most bell barrows in the United Kingdom date to the early Bronze Age.

Leslie Grinsell constructed a typology for bell barrows:

Section and plan of a bell barrow with a narrow berm
A bell barrow from Colt Hoare 's introduction to The Ancient History of Wiltshire