Monument record MDO6476 - Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

The site of the round barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch with internal mound on aerial photographs . It lies to the southwest of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The outer ring ditch is 17m across, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

SU 0190 0957. A Bronze Age round barrow associated with the southern part of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrow is defined by a circular ditch 17.2m in diameter. It has been levelled by ploughing, but photographic evidence shows traces of mound material. The barrow lies within the area of a Prehistoric or Roman field system (SU 00 NW 95), but appears to have been respected during the construction of the field banks. (1-2)

The site of the round barrow is visible as a cropmark ring ditch with internal mound on aerial photographs (3) . It lies to the southwest of the southern henge of Knowlton Circles and is one of the extensive Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. The outer ring ditch is 17m across, it was digitally plotted during the Dorset Stour NMP.

Papworth notes that the salvage recording of this barrow may have been described by Cooke (1818). (5-6)

<1> 12-JUL-1993, NMR SU 0209/31 (NMR 14958/10) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19471.

<2> 12-JUL-1993, NMR SU 0209/34 (NMR 4850/46) (Aerial Photograph). SDO19472.

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

<4> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 58 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<5> Papworth, M D J, Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1983, Isle of Purbeck Survey (Index). SDO147.

No visible trace in a field heavily ploughed in the past but in established grass when visited.

<6> Cooke, G A, 1818, Topographical Description of Dorset, 151 (Monograph). SDO14045.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409704 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 20 2023 11:00AM