Their home ground is The Urnfield, Downside Road, in Merrow (). Forest clearance was intensive in the Urnfield period. Bronze Age Europe continued with Urnfield culture. It was succeeded by the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture. The hats are associated with the Proto-Celtic Bronze Age Urnfield culture. The settlement was abandoned at the beginning of the Urnfield period. Hoards are very common in the Urnfield culture. How and if the Celts are related to the Urnfield culture remains disputed. Proto-Villanovan culture was part of the central European Urnfield culture system. Common people were buried in flat urnfield cemeteries. Fortified hilltop settlements become common in the Urnfield period. In the Bronze Age, the Alps formed the boundary of the Urnfield and Terramare cultures. The Urnfield culture grew from the preceding Tumulus culture. Fortified settlements, often on hilltops or in river-bends, are typical for the Urnfield culture. Urnfield culture numerals and some tally mark systems are also biquinary.