Monument record MDO40073 - Bronze Age barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

A sub-circular cropmark at Knowlton is faintly visible on 1970s aerial photographs. The feature may represent a Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0275 1043. Eight Bronze Age round barrows are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrows are located between SU 0275 1033 and SU 0275 1053; each is defined by a single circular ditch with diameters ranging from 15.7m to 28.6m. They are part of the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. <1-2>

A sub-circular cropmark at Knowlton is faintly suggested as a cropmark on 1970s aerial photographs <1>. The feature measures around 19.2m in diameter and has a single 0.5m wide external ditch. It may represent a Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, JRB 3097/006 (SU0210/39) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15710.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR15314/009 (SU0210/072) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15702.

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

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409824 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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