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) |