Monument record MDO40165 - Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton Barrow Group, Woodlands

The probable site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a partial cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs . It lies to the southwest of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. Only the southern portion of the ring ditch is visible. It is 13m across and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

SU 0217 0960. A Bronze Age round barrow within the southern part of the southern part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrow is defined by a single circular ditch 16.5m in diameter. (1-3)

The probable site of a Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a partial cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs <4>. It lies to the southwest of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. Only the southern portion of the ring ditch is visible. It is 13m across and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Boyden, J R, 02/07/76, NMR SU 0209/8/3 (JRB 3097/3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19487.

<2> 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0209/28-9 (NMR 4554/49-50) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19488.

<3> 05-SEP-1995, NMR SU 0209/36 (15404/32) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19489.

<4> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/37-44 (SU 0209/18-23) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15725.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409658 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 2:08PM