A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The barrow is defined by a circular ditch, with traces of a mound at its centre. A single round pit is visible to the north of the barrow's outer ditch. The barrow is part of the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. It was mapped by English Heritage’s Knowlton Circles Project and was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.
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SU 0252 1037. A Bronze Age 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 incomplete ditch 16.5m in diameter, with traces of a sub-circular mound 6.5m in diameter at its centre. A single round pit is visible 4.5m to the north of the barrow's outer ditch. The features are part of the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group (SU 01 SW 43, SU 01 SW 105). <1-2>
A sub-circular cropmark within the Knowlton Barrow Group is visible on 1990s aerial photographs. <2-3>
The sub-circular feature measures 16.5m in diameter and has an outer 1.5m wide ditch and a central hollow, possibly the remains of an inner ditch. The southwest side of the feature is not visible, suggesting possible plough damage. The feature may represent a Bronze Age barrow.
The feature was digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP.
Sources/Archives (5)
<1>XY SDO18733
Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 26-JUN-1970. NMR SU 0210/6-7 (NMR 290/107-8). [Mapped feature: #357572 ]
<2> SDO15702
Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 13-JUL-1995. NMR15314/009 (SU0210/072).
<3> SDO15701
Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 13-JUL-1995. NMR15326/006 (SU0210/066).
Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SW 178
Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1409766
Record last edited
Nov 4 2022 1:44PM
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