Monument record MDO6477 - Bronze Age barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

A ring ditch at Knowlton, Woodlands, is visible as a cropmark on a 1989 aerial photograph. The feature is one of a group of similar features at this location and is probably a Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

A rapid examination of air photography suggests the presence of possibly three ring ditches, visible as cropmarks in a field West of Knowlton: B - SU 01761000 . <2>

SU 01731000; SU 01831009. Two round barrows, lying south west of the 'Knowlton Circles'. <5>

The three round barrows described by authority 2 have been mapped by from aerial photographs EH's Knowlton Circles Project. As a result of that survey, the position and details of the barrows was established more accurately: SU 0177 1001. Described as 'B' above. Defined by a single circular ditch 15.9m in diameter. The barrows described by authority 5 seem to be those described as 'A' and 'B' above. <4>

A ring ditch at Knowlton, Woodlands, is visible as a cropmark on a 1989 aerial photograph <6>. The ring ditch is sub-circular, measuring around 18m across and with a 1m wide ditch. The feature is one of a group of similar features at this location and is probably a Bronze Age barrow. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

<1> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement (Monograph). SWX1703.

<2> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey, 19.2.86 (Index). SDO134.

‘No visible trace in a field regularly ploughed and newly ploughed when visited.’

<3> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<3.1> 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0110/3-4 (NMR 4554/22-3) (Aerial Photograph). SDO20369.

<4> Stoertz, Cathy, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial photograph interpreter's comments (Verbal communication). SDO19474.

<4.1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<5> English Heritage, English Heritage Scheduling Amendment, 05-JUL-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO17245.

<6> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-89, NMR 4554/22 (SU0110/003) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15650.

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

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 882553 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 15 2023 4:08PM