Monument record MDO40049 - Possible late Prehistoric enclosure or barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

An oval enclosure of uncertain date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs from 1995 and 2014. The enclosure is associated with the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group of monuments and may represent a Neolithic mortuary enclosure or long barrow. Alternatively, it may represent two conjoined barrows or possibly a Neolithic oval barrow. It was mapped by English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0244 1050. An oval enclosure of uncertain date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The enclosure is defined by a single ditch 19.2m x 11.6m, aligned northwest - southeast, with gaps in the west side and northeastern corner. It is associated with the Knowlton Circles group of monuments (SU 01 SW 44), lying to the north of Church Henge (SU 01 SW 102) and to the northeast of North Henge (SU 10 SW 103), and may represent a Neolithic mortuary enclosure or long barrow. <1>

A sub-oval cropmark on the northwest edge of the Knowlton Barrow Group is visible on 1990s and a 2014 aerial photograph. <2-4>

The feature measures 20m by 12.5 m and is enclosed by a single 1.5m wide ditch, which appears slightly 'waisted' at the centre, possibly indicating entrances. The feature may represent two conjoined barrows or a possible Neolithic oval barrow.

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR SU 0210/78 NMR 15314/15 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18723.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR15326/006 (SU0210/066) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15701.

<3> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR15314/009 (SU0210/072) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15702.

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

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047. Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409903 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 7 2022 1:55PM