Monument record MDO6436 - Round barrow, one of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, Woodlands

A Bronze Age round barrow visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project. Consists of two concentric ditches. The inner ditch measures 22.7m in diameter, whilst the outer ditch measures approximately 28m in diameter. Part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. This feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0227 1016. A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. It is defined by a single circular ditch 22.7m in diameter. The barrow is associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. <2>

The Bronze Age barrow described above in <2> appears to be formed of two concentric ditches on aerial photographs of 2011. The outer ditch measures approximately 28m in diameter. This feature was recorded from EH Reconnaissance aerial photographs. <4>

The barrow is visible as a cropmark on a 1970s aerial photograph <3>. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 116 (Monograph). SDO129.

'Barrows (39-49) lie N. of the South Circle and around the Centre Circle; some appear on Plate 80 (cf. plan p. 114). … (39) Barrow, levelled by ploughing, has two concentric ditches; overall diam. About 100ft.'

<2> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<3> National Monuments Record, 29-MAY-77, NMR1131/007 (SU0210/015) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15700.

<4> National Monuments Record, 03-OCT-2011, NMR 27315_007-008 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18695.

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

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409737 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 12 2024 10:48AM