Monument record MDO6757 - Bowl barrow (G34) on Knighton Heath, Poole

Bowl barrow recorded as being about 10 m in diameter and one metre high. It was completely excavated in 1971 in advance of gravel quarrying.The barrow was surrounded by a ditch with a causeway to the south. Primary features included 14 Deverel-Rimbury Globular and Bucket urns, many in excellent condition, a number of unaccompanied cremations, and scattered stake-holes and pits. Also primary was a setting of six upright hearthstone slabs. A total of 48 Deverel -Rimbury urns had been secondarily inserted into the barrow or in pits to the south of the barrow. Quantities of charcoal were found as well as flints, pot sherds and ground stone objects. The barrow is visible as a low vegetation covered mound on 1940s aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

B. SZ 04689597. Bowl barrow, 34 feet in diameter and 3 1/2 feet high. No ditch. Unopened. <1>

Barrow 'B' is a heather-covered bowl barrow with no visible ditch. The mound is 10.0m. in diameter and 1.0m. high. <3>

SZ 04699598. Damaged bowl barrow, 33 feet in diameter and 4 feet high. <4>

SZ 047960. "Barrow G34", Knighton Heath, was totally excavated in advance of destruction of quarrying. The barrow was surrounded by a ditch with a causeway to the south. Primary features included 14 Deverel - Rimbury Globular and Bucket urns, many in excellent condition, a number of unaccompanied cremations, and scattered stake-holes and pits. Also primary was a setting of six upright hearthstone slabs. A total of 48 Deverel - Rimbury urns had been secondarily inserted into the barrow or in pits to the south of the barrow. Quantities of charcoal were found as well as flints, potsherds and ground stone objects. <6>

SZ 046959. Round barrow, Knighton Heath - scheduled. <8>

Removed from scheduled list. <9>

Barrow G34, Knighton Heath, was totally excavated in advance of destruction of quarrying. The barrow was surrounded by a ditch with a causeway to the south. Primary features included 14 Deverel - Rimbury Globular and Bucket urns, many in excellent condition, a number of unaccompanied cremations, and scattered stake-holes and pits. Also primary was a setting of six upright hearthstone slabs. A total of 48 Deverel -Rimbury urns had been secondarily inserted into the barrow or in pits to the south of the barrow. Quantities of charcoal were found as well as flints, potsherds and ground stone objects. C-14 date from the sandcore of the mound 1205 +/- 40 (BM-871-6). <11>

The barrow is visible as a low vegetation covered mound on 1940's aerial photographs and was digitally plotted from these by the Dorset Stour NMP project <13>. Although its edges are poorly defined due to the level of scrub cover, the feature appears to comprise a mound around 7.3m in diameter. No ditch is visible.

<1> Wallace, W G, 1919-23, Bournemouth Natural Science Society 6" map and private notes (Article in serial). SDO17433.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, Prov Ed'n 1931-2/1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(SZ 04379591; SZ 04689597) Tumulus (NR) (Twice)

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 15-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 448 (Monograph). SDO150.

'(376) Bowl (SZ 09 NW; 04699598) in similar position to (375). Diam. 33 ft., ht. 4 ft. Damaged.'

<5> Council for British Archaeology, 1971, Council for British Archaeology: Group 12 (Wessex) & Group 13 (South West): Archaeological review (Serial). SDO16812.

<6> Department of the Environment, 1972, Department of the Environment Archaeological Excavations 8-9 for 1971 (Serial). SDO16813.

<7> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1974 (Map). SDO17396.

(SZ 04689598) Tumulus (NR)

<8> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 67 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<9> Ancient Monuments Board for England, Scotland and Wales, 1979, Annual Report, 3 (Serial). SDO20099.

<10> Petersen, Frederick F, 1981, The Excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery on Knighton Heath, Dorset (Monograph). SWX819.

<11> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 15 (Table A) and 47 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<12> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<13> Royal Air Force, 30-OCT-45, RAF_106G/T/16 7003-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDO16067.

<14> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458040 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2023 10:19AM