The Prehistoric Tumulus

Setley Plain features a number of prehistoric features. To the left of the track leading from the road to the Setley pond car park there is a Bronze Age "disc" or "bell" barrow. Consisting of a central mound surrounded by a ditch and external bank, the Setley Plain barrows are unique in the New Forest but also found on Salisbury Plain and other sites. This winter photograph shows the mound, ditch, and bank and also the relationship to the track to the pond... it's worth having a look at it!