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Monument Number 213814

Hob Uid: 213814
Location :
Dorset
Woodlands
Grid Ref : SU0254010230
Summary : A possible mid or late Saxon Christian inhumation cemetery recorded during trenching to the east of Church Henge in 1958. Excavations located sixteen burials within chalk-cut graves, some aligned east-west.
More information : (17) INHUMATION BURIALS (02451016, 02541023, 02581028), about sixteen, unaccompanied by grave goods, were found in 1958 in a pipe trench a short distance E. and S.E. of Knowlton church. They lay in chalk-cut graves, some aligned E.-W., and are probably of Christian-Saxon or later date. (1-2)

Group of 16 inhumation burials indicating a cemetery, probably of early medieval date. Scheduling amended. (3)

This location falls within the area mapped from aerial photographs by EH's Knowlton Circles Project, but no features associated with the possible cemetery were identified from aerial photographic evidence. (4)
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Source details : NH Field
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Vol(s) : 84, 1962
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Source details : EH Scheduling amendment, 05-JUL-2002
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Source details : English Heritage: Knowlton Circles, Dorset
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : Mid to late Saxon
Monument End Date : 1066
Monument Start Date : 650
Monument Type : Inhumation Cemetery
Evidence : Sub Surface Deposit
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DO 18
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 35209
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1020580
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 SW 41
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2000-11-27
End Date : 2001-02-09