Monument record MDO40416 - Undated field system, Knowlton Rings, Woodlands

Fragments of a banked field system are visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the southwest of Knowlton Rings. The perpendicular field boundaries cover an area of 550m by 400m; they were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

SU 0195 0955. Traces of a plough levelled field system, probably Prehistoric or Roman in date, are visible as cropmarks to the southwest of the Knowlton Circles henge group. The fields are rectangular with average dimensions of 65m x 25m, and cover an area of 10.9 hectares between SU 01983 09425 - SU 01949 09798. The field system earthworks appear to be bounded on the north by a linear feature or trackway (SU 00 NW 1), and to respect the positions of the larger round barrows in the southern part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The field system has been mapped from aerial photographs by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. <1-3>

Fragments of a banked field system are visible as cropmarks and low earthworks on aerial photographs and lidar imagery to the southwest of Knowlton Rings <4-5>. The perpendicular field boundaries cover an area of 550m by 400m; they were digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP. The features had perviously been plotted during English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project when they were interpreted as prehistoric or Roman in date.

<1> 05-MAR-1945, RAF 106G/LA/187 4102-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19470.

<2> 12-JUL-1993, NMR SU 0209/31 (NMR 14958/10) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19471.

<3> 12-JUL-1993, NMR SU 0209/34 (NMR 4850/46) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19472.

<4> XX-XXX-2015, Environment Agency DTM Lidar 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO15442.

<5> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4492/02 (NMR SU 0209/13) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15726.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409702 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 18 2023 7:47AM