Monument record MDO6472 - Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

The site of plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs . It lies to the SW of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The ring ditch is 11m across, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

The site of plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch on aerial photographs (1-2). It lies to the SW of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The ring ditch is 11m across, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 58 (Monograph). SWX1703.

Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, Papworth, MDJ TWA 19 February 1986 (Index). SDO134.

‘No visible traces in a field heavily ploughed in the past but in established grass when visited. NB. Salvage record? Cooke G A/1818/Topographical Desc. Of Dorset/p 151

<1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, JRB 3097/3 (NMR 0209/8) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15724.

<2> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-1989, NMR 4554/37-44 (SU 0209/18-23) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15725.

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Jul 5 2024 8:02PM