Monument record MDO39892 - Possible Neolithic long barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

Two short linear ditches, possibly representing traces of a Neolithic long barrow, are visible to the southwest of Knowlton on a 1989 oblique aerial photograph. They are 19.2m and 14m long respectively. The ditches, whose form resembles the quarry ditches of a long barrow, appear within the perimeter ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (MDO6478). This appearance suggests that a long barrow lies beneath, or has been converted into, a round barrow. Alternatively, the linear ditches may be features within the round barrow. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0185 1009. A pair of short parallel linear ditches, possibly representing traces of a Neolithic long barrow, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The ditches are 19.2m and 14m long, spaced 20m apart. They appear within the perimeter ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (SU 01 SW 91), suggesting that a long barrow lies beneath, or has been converted into, a round barrow. Alternatively, the linear ditches may be features within the round barrow. <1-2>

Two short ditched linears visible to the southwest of Knowlton on a 2014 vertical aerial photograph may be of early prehistoric origin as they appears to lie within a Bronze Age barrow (MDO6478). The ditches are recorded in the NRHE as being associated with a possible Neolithic long barrow. <4>

The features are located within a cropping field and may be vulnerable to ploughing.

The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-89, NMR 4554/22 (SU0110/003) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15650.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset.

<4> GetMapping, 2014, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO14101.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409720 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 16 2023 8:59AM