Monument record MDO40010 - Bronze Age round barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

A possible Bronze Age barrow is faintly visible as a ditched cropmark to the southwest of Knowlton on a 1989 vertical aerial photograph. It is one of two possible conjoined barrows.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: C - SU 01821021 (Least definite of the three, possibly vehicle turning marks). <1>

SU 01731000; SU 01831009. Two round barrows, lying south west of the 'Knowlton Circles'. <2>

The three round barrows described by authority 1have 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 0183 1022. Described as 'C' above. Definde by a single circular ditch 27.3m in diameter.

The barrows described by authority 3 seem to be those described as 'A' and 'B' above. <3>

A possible Bronze Age barrow is faintly visible as a cropmark to the southwest of Knowlton on a 1989 vertical aerial photograph <4>.

The possible barrow is sub-circular in form, measuring 22m across and with a single 0.8m wide exterior ditch. There is a possible smaller conjoined barrow on its northeast side, recorded separately (MDO40011). The barrow is located within a cropping field and may be vulnerable to ploughing. The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

<1> Miller, Andrew, 1993, RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project (Unpublished document). SWX1708.

<1.1> 06-SEP-1989, NMR SU 0110/3-4 (NMR 4554/22-3) (Aerial Photograph). SDO20369.

<2> English Heritage, English Heritage Scheduling Amendment, 05-JUL-2002 (Scheduling record). SDO17245.

<3> Stoertz, Cathy, RCHME/EH/HE Aerial photograph interpreter's comments (Verbal communication). SDO19474.

<3.1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<4> National Monuments Record, 06-SEP-89, NMR 4554/22 (SU0110/003) (Aerial Photograph). SDO15650.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AF1339047 (Index). SDO14738.

EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 882553 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 15 2023 4:16PM