Monument record MDO44595 - Round Barrow, Woodlands

A small round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by English Heritage's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrow is associated with the Bronze Age barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, and could be of similar date. However, its small size suggests that a later date is possible.

SU 0306 1047. A small round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrow is defined by a single circular ditch 13.4m in diameter. Many barrows of similar size appear in the immediate vicinity (SU 01 SW 200, SU 01 SW 190). <1>

The barrow is associated with the Bronze Age barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group (SU 01 SW 52) and could be of similar date. However, its small size suggests that a later date is possible. Very small round barrows have been recorded elsewhere in England in Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon contexts. In particular, in one of the square barrow cemeteries at Garton Slack, on the Yorkshire Wolds, very small round barrows represented a very late phase of the Iron Age burial rite. <2>

<1> Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 18-JUN-1948, CUCAP AQ19 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18732.

<2> Catherine Stoertz, 1997, Ancient landscapes of the Yorkshire Wolds:, 33-4 (Monograph). SDO18730.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047. Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409893 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 4 2022 12:17PM