Monument record MDO39892 - Possible Neolithic long barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands

Two short linear ditches, possibly representing traces of a Neolithic long barrow, are visible to the southwest of Knowlton on a 1989 oblique aerial photograph. They are 19.2m and 14m long respectively. The ditches, whose form resembles the quarry ditches of a long barrow, appear within the perimeter ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (MDO6478). This appearance suggests that a long barrow lies beneath, or has been converted into, a round barrow. Alternatively, the linear ditches may be features within the round barrow. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SU 0185 1009. A pair of short parallel linear ditches, possibly representing traces of a Neolithic long barrow, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The ditches are 19.2m and 14m long, spaced 20m apart. They appear within the perimeter ditch of a Bronze Age round barrow (SU 01 SW 91), suggesting that a long barrow lies beneath, or has been converted into, a round barrow. Alternatively, the linear ditches may be features within the round barrow. <1-2> Two short ditched linears visible to the southwest of Knowlton on a 2014 vertical aerial photograph may be of early prehistoric origin as they appears to lie within a Bronze Age barrow (MDO6478). The ditches are recorded in the NRHE as being associated with a possible Neolithic long barrow. <4> The features are located within a cropping field and may be vulnerable to ploughing. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.

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