Monument record MDO40130 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton, Wimborne St Giles

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs from 1995. Alternatively, however, it may be a natural feature such as a doline (sink hole). This barrow is associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. It was mapped by English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0284 1081. A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. It appears as a plough levelled mound 18.2m in diameter and is associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group (SU 01 SW 52). <1>

A sub-circular cropmark at Knowlton is visible on a 1995 aerial photograph <2>. The feature measures around 18m in diameter and may represent a small Bronze Age barrow. Alternatively, however, it may be a natural feature such as a doline (sink hole).

The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR SU 0310/10 (NMR 15314/21) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18729.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR 15314/019 (SU0310/008) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15711.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047. Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409870 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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