Monument record MDO6413 - Burials near Great Barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

Around sixteen burials within chalk-cut graves were observed during digging of a pipe trench in 1958. The burials had no grave goods and some were aligned east-west; they were, therefore, interpreted as possibly of Christian Saxon or later date.

(17) Inhumation Burials (02451016, 02541023, 02581028), about sixteen, unaccompanied by grave goods, were found in 1958 in a pipe trench a short distance E. and S.E. of Knowlton church. They lay in chalk-cut graves, some aligned E.-W., and are probably of Christian-Saxon or later date. <1-2>

Group of 16 inhumation burials indicating a cemetery, probably of early medieval date. Scheduling amended. <6>

This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by EH's Knowlton Circles Project, but no features associated with the possible cemetery were identified from aerial photographic evidence. <4>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1963, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1962, 117-125 (Serial). SDO62.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 113 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(17) INHUMATION BURIALS (02451016, 02541023, 02581028), about sixteen, unaccompanied by grave goods, were found in 1958 in a pipe trench a short distance E. and S.E. of Knowlton church. They lay in chalk-cut graves, some aligned E.-W., and are probably of Christian-Saxon or later date (Dorset Procs., 84 (1962), 117-25).’

<3> Barrett, J, Bradley, R, Green, M, and Lewis, B, 1981, 'The Earlier Prehistoric Settlement of Cranborne Chase - the First Results of Current Fieldwork'; Antiquaries Journal Volume 61 (Article in serial). SDO16746.

<4> Miller, Andrew, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial Photographers comment AM, English Heritage: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Verbal communication). SDO17356.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047. Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<6> DCMS, 2002, Scheduled Monument Notification EH Scheduling amendment, 05-JUL-2002, EH Scheduling amendment, 05-JUL-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO18700.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213814 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

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