Monument record MDO33164 - Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

The site of plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark penannular ring ditch on aerial photographs . It lies to the south of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The ring ditch is 10.5m across; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

A rapid examination of air photography <2-3> suggests the presence of a fourth, smaller ring ditch ('D'), visible as a cropmark at SU 0224 0956. <1>

The four round barrows described have been mapped from aerial photographs by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. Their locations and dimensions were fixed more accurately by that survey: D - SU 0224 0957; 9.8m in diameter.

These barrows are part of a much larger group of round barrows extending southwards from the Knowlton South henge. <4-5>

A plough truncated round barrow visible as a circular annular cropmark c 9m in diameter on aerial photographs dated 2005. No evidence for internal features or mound material could be discerned.

The site of plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark penannular ring ditch on aerial photographs <6>. It lies to the south of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The ring ditch is 10.5m across; it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<2> 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0209/9, 11 (NMR 4491/33, 35) (Aerial Photograph). SDO20273.

<3> 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0209/13-15 (NMR 4492/02-4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO20274.

<4> Boyden, J R, 02/07/76, NMR SU 0209/8/3 (JRB 3097/3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19487.

<5> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/49 (NMR SU 0209/28) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15728.

<6> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/37-44 (SU 0209/18-23) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15725.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213105 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 10 2023 12:13PM