More information : Barrows (50-65), lie N.E. of the circles. Four barrows and an
enclosure in WIMBORNE ST. GILES (39-43) form part of this sub-group.
All have been levelled by ploughing and the dimensions given below
are approximate (Plate 79).
(50) Barrow (02961049); diam. 30 ft.
(51) Barrow (02951049); diam. 30 ft.
(52) Barrow (02941050); diam. 40 ft.
(53) Barrow (02931053); diam. 80 ft.
(54) Barrow (03011053); diam. 80 ft.
(55) Barrow (02991053), adjoins an enclosure (23) on the S.E., diam.
30 ft.
(56) Barrow (02951059); diam. 40 ft.
(57) Barrow (02881064); daim. 40 ft.
(58) Barrow (02961065); diam. 40 ft.
(59) Barrow (02931064); diam. 40 ft.
(60) Barrow (02951063); diam. 50 ft.
(61) Barrow (02941066); diam. 25 ft.
(62) Barrow (02951068); diam. 20 ft.
(63) Barrow (02961065); diam. 35 ft.
(64) Barrow (02981064); diam. 40 ft.
(65) Barrow (03041061); diam. 80 ft.
Remains of at least four barrows and a small enclosure, part of the
Knowlton Circles Group (WOODLANDS (29-65)), occur just within the
parish and S. of St. Giles's Park (Plate 79). They appear as crop-
marks on oblique air photographs (C.U.A.P., AQ 17, 20, 23) which do
not permit the close estimate of dimensions.
(39) Barrow (02971072), small.
(40) Barrow (03031074).
(41) Barrow (03041078), large.
(42) Barrow (03071067), small.
(43) Enclosure (03101075), rhomboidal, 80 ft. by 60 ft., with a
probable entrance at the N.W. corner.
(23) ENCLOSURE (02981055) lies among barrows (50-65), NE. of Knowlton
Circles, and is almost certainly associated with them. It has been
levelled by ploughing but it appears on an air photograph (C.U.A.P.,
AQ 20) (Plate 79) as a sub-rectangular ditched feature, about 80 ft.
by 60 ft., with an entrance at the E. corner. (1)
An additional circle was seen in a pipe trench by N.H Field (3) less
than 100ft ESE of RCHM Barrow (56) at SU 02901056. (2)
SU 03001064. Group of round barrows, together forming a round barrow cemetery, and two associated enclosures. The barrow group lies north east of a larger complex of monuments known as the Knowlton Circles. The barrow cemetery includes 20 round barrows which have been reduced by ploughing, but survive as ring ditches. The two ditched enclosures have also been reduced by ploughing. One lies within the barrow group, while the other is located to the north east of it. Scheduled. (4)
The round barrows described by authorities 1-4 are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, and have been mapped by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. Aerial photographic evidence allowed the dimensions and locations of most of the barrows to be recorded more accurately than in authority 1, and provided additional information for some of the barrows:
(53) SU 0291 1055. Traces of a mound within a circular ditch 25.6m in diameter.
(54) SU 0300 1052. Defined by a single circular ditch 27.2m in diameter.
(62) No barrow was recorded at the location given in authority 1.
(64) The location given in authority 1 is the same as that given for barrow 58, a small barrow which has been recorded separately (SU 01 SW 190).
(39) SU 0296 1072. Defined by a single circular ditch 16.2m in diameter.
(40) No barrow was recorded at the location given in authority 1.
(41) SU 0302 1077. Defined by a single sub-circular ditch 28.4m in diameter. An off-centre pit is visible within the interior of the ditch.
(42) SU 0305 1068. A small rectangular enclosure, possibly a square barrow, appears at the location given for this barrow, and has been recorded separately as SU 01 SW 194.
Several additional barrows were also recorded within this group, and have been recorded separately (see SU 01 SW 190, SU 01 SW 191).
Barrows 50-52 and 55-61 are very small, less than 15m in diameter and, with several additional similar barrows, have been recorded separately (SU 01 SW 190). The enclosures described as features 23 and 43 in authority 1 have also been recorded separately (SU 01 SW 193, SU 01 SW 195 ). (5-8) |