Monument record MDO6439 - Bowl barrow, one of the Knowlton Barrow Group, Woodlands

A barrow at Knowlton is visible as a cropmark on 1990s and a 2002 aerial photographs. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

'Barrows (39-49) lie N. of the South Circle and around the Centre Circle; some appear on Plate 80 (cf. plan p. 114). … (42) Bowl; diam. 75 ft., ht. 1½ ft.' (1)

The barrow is visible as a cropmark on 1990s and a 2002 aerial photographs (2-4). It measures around 46m in diameter and comprises at least two, possibly three, concentric ditches and a possible central mound. The barrow is truncated on its southwest side by a historic field boundary present on the OS 1st Edition map

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.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR15326/006 (SU0210/066) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15701.

<3> National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR15314/009 (SU0210/072) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15702.

<4> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 10:46AM