Monument record MDO6483 - Round barrow, one of the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group, Woodlands

A Bronze Age 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 extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. Consists of a single circular ditch 16.6m in diameter. Levelled by ploughing.

SU 0228 1006. A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs and has been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. It is defined by a single circular ditch 16.6m in diameter. The barrow is associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. <1>

<1> John Boyden, 02-JUL-1976, NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) (Aerial Photograph). SDO18694.

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, 58 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

'No visible trace in a field regularly ploughed in established grass when visited.'

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, Object Number: AF1339047, Object Title: EH: Knowlton Circles, Dorset (Index). SDO14738.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1409739 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 12 2024 10:38AM