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Monument Number 213855
Hob Uid: 213855
Location : Dorset Woodlands
Grid Ref : SU0202010170
Summary : Three round barrows, probably Bronze Age in date, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. Two of the barrows are defined by two ditches. These barrows are associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group.
More information : SU 02021017. Large ring-ditch close to Knowlton Circles visible on air photographs (a). (Not recorded by RCHM 5 113-116). (1) A rapid examination of air photography (2a) suggests the presence of two further possible round barrow sites, of Prehistoric or Roman date, visible as ring ditch cropmarks at SU 0204 1033 and SU 0211 1014. (2-3) Prehistoric round barrows south west of the Knowlton Circles. Scheduled. (4) The three round barrows described by authorities 1-3 have been mapped from aerial photographs by EH's Knowlton Circles Project. Their location and dimensions have been recorded more accurately, and photographic evidence allowed more detail to be identified. The largest barrow (SU 0202 1017) is 61m in diameter, with a smaller ring ditch at its centre 17.5m in diameter. A second barrow (SU 0212 1015) is also defined by two ditches, with diameters of 34.5m and 17m. The third barrow is defined by a single incomplete circular ditch 43.5m in diameter. These barrows are associated with the extensive barrow cemetery known as the Knowlton Circles Barrow Group. (5-6)

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Source details : APs (OS/75/284 046-7 25.6.75)
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Source details : Andrew Miller/10-FEB-1993/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : NMR SU 0210/46-53 (NMR 4554/21, 24-30) 06-SEP-1989
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : EH Scheduling amendment, 05-JUL-2002
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : NMR SU 0210/15/4 (NMR 1131/4) 18-MAY-1977
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : NMR SU 0210/37/4 (JRB 3097/4) 02-JUL-1976
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Neolithic
Display Date : Late Neolithic
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Monument Type : Round Barrow, Ring Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
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Monument Type : Round Barrow, Ring Ditch
Evidence : Cropmark

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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 : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 01 SW 76
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2000-11-27
End Date : 2001-02-09

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 213855