Monument record MDO46057 - Round barrow, Woodlands

A Bronze Age round barrow visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, mapped by English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrow is located adjacent to the southern part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, and part of an extensive cemetery.

SU 0219 0939. Two Bronze Age round barrows, visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. Each barrow is defined by a single circular ditch; the larger, at SU 0219 0939, is 17.5m in diameter, the smaller, at SU 0217 0937, has a diameter of 15.5m. The barrows are located adjacent to the southern part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, and are part of an extensive cemetery on either side of the Wimborne-Cranborne road. <1>

<1> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/49 (NMR SU 0209/28) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15728.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409668 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 2:03PM