Monument record MDO6452 - Round barrow, one of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, Woodlands

A small round barrow, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, approximately 12.5m in diameter. The barrow is part of an extensive cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group and may be Bronze Age in date. It is also associated with a possible Neolithic enclosure and with many other small barrows which may be Prehistoric or Roman. It was mapped by English Heritage’s Knowlton Circles Project and it was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0298 1054. A very small round barrow, visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. It is defined by a single circular ditch 10.2m in diameter. The date of this barrow is uncertain. It lies within an extensive cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group (SU 01 SW 52) and may be Bronze Age in date. It is also associated with a possible Neolithic enclosure (SU 01 SW 193), whose south-eastern end appears to respect the barrow. Many similar small barrows, which may be Prehistoric or Roman, also appear in the immediate vicinity (SU 01 SW 190). <1, 2, 5, 6>

'Barrow, adjoins an enclosure (23) on the S.E.; diam. 30 ft'. <4>

A small round barrow at Knowlton is visible as a cropmark on 1950s aerial photographs <3>. The barrow is probably Bronze Age in origin and forms part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group.

The barrow measures approximately 12.5m in diameter with a single 0.7m wide external ditch. The barrow is situated adjacent and just southeast of a D-shaped enclosure (MDO6419).

The barrow is still visible as a cropmark on 2002 and 2005 aerial photographs <7, 8>.

It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 18-JUN-1948, CUCAP AQ19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18732.

<2> National Monuments Record, 22-APR-1954, NMR SU 0210/35 (CUCAP NN 6) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18738.

<3> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 22-APR-54, CAP 8152/005 (SU0210/034) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15754.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 116 (Monograph). SDO129.

<5> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, JRB 3097/006 (SU0210/39) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15710.

<6> Catherine Stoertz, 1997, Ancient landscapes of the Yorkshire Wolds:, 33-4 (Monograph). SDO18730.

<7> Dorset County Council, 2002, Dorset County Council Vertical Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDO13401.

<8> Dorset County Council, 2005, Digital vertical aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDO12570.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047. Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<10> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409865 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 8 2022 11:06AM