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Monument Number 1409740

Hob Uid: 1409740
Location :
Dorset
Woodlands
Grid Ref : SU0181010060
Summary : Two contiguous Bronze Age round barrows, possibly surrounded by a single outer ditch, are visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs, and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. The barrows are associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group.
More information : SU 0181 1006. Two contiguous Bronze Age round barrows are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. Each barrow is defined by two circular ditches. The larger, at SU 0182 1007, has an inner ditch 13.1m in diameter and an outer ditch 19.2m in diameter. The smaller, at SU 0181 1006, has an inner ditch 12.6m in diameter and an outher ditch 20.3m in diameter. The sides of each outer ditches are incomplete nearest the neighbouring barrow, possibly representing a single ditch aroung bothbarrows. The barrows are associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. (1-2)

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Source details : NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) 02-JUL-1976
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : NMR SU 0110/3 (NMR 4554/22) 06-SEP-1989
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Round Barrow
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 SW 175
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Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2000-11-27
End Date : 2001-02-09