Monument record MDO6462 - Knowlton Barrow Group, Woodlands

Barrow. A probable barrow at Knowlton is visible as a cropmark on 1950s aerial photographs. The barrow is probably Bronze Age in origin and forms part of the Knowlton Barrow Group. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

'Barrow; diam. 80 ft'. (1)

A probable Bronze Age barrow at Knowlton is visible as a cropmark on a 2002 aerial photograph (2). The barrow is probably Bronze Age in origin and forms part of the Knowlton Barrow Group.

The barrow measures 25.8m in diameter and has a single 2m wide external ditch. There appears to be a faint hollow around 4m in diameter slightly off centre towards its west side.

The feature is also faintly visible on a 1954 aerial photograph (3). It was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409863 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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

National Monuments Record, 13-JUL-1995, NMR SU 0310/10 (NMR 15314/21) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18729.

Stoertz, Cathy, 2005, Knowlton Circles Project, Dorset: report on the aerial photographic transcription and analysis (Monograph). SDO19585.

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

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

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

Record last edited

Dec 15 2023 1:37PM