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<< Other Photo Pages >> Knowle Hill Farm long barrow - Long Barrow in England in Dorset

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 13 August 2016  Page Views: 3611

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knowle Hill Farm long barrow
Country: England County: Dorset Type: Long Barrow

Map Ref: SU0306210415
Latitude: 50.893210N  Longitude: 1.957834W
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Knowle Hill Farm long barrow
Knowle Hill Farm long barrow submitted by dodomad : View of the trench from the spoil heap. The two flanking ditches of the long mound are clearly visible. The excavation of two slots through the feature have shown it to have a character, similar to the ditches of the long mound, formed by a series of pits dug next to one another. Photo Credit: Jake Rowland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Excavations at Knowlton, run by the University of Southampton, are investigating a possible Neolithic long barrow or mortuary enclosure located around 500m from the Knowlton henge complex. The trapezoidal anomaly, identified from cropmark evidence and limited geophysical survey suggests the presence of two diverging ditches or lines of pits/posts, most probably the flanking ditches of a ploughed out long mound.

The Knowle Hill Farm cropmark measures approximately 15-20m long and 10m wide and has been provisionally identified as a ‘short’ long barrow. If identified correctly this hints at the significance of the place as early as the 4th millennium BC and has implications for understanding the development of the Knowlton henge complex.

The excavation, which will encompass the entire Knowle Hill Farm cropmark, aims to characterise and date the cropmark feature, and establish its relationship to monuments within its environs.

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Knowle Hill Farm long barrow
Knowle Hill Farm long barrow submitted by dodomad : One of the most interesting features on site is a pit located in between the two flanking ditches of the long mound. The pit yielded very few finds however it is very similar in character to Mesolithic pits excavated in the Stonehenge carpark and those beneath Thickthorn longbarrow although radiocarbon dates from charcoal found in the base of the pit will confirm its date. Perhaps more surpr... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Knowle Hill Farm long barrow by Zooks777 on Saturday, 21 August 2021
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This site seems to have vanished from 2020 Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to CamRA) as a result of recent excavation, but maybe it was never a topographic feature, just crop-marked
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Re: Knowle Hill Farm (possible) long barrow dig 2016 by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016
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Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 5, August 6th: Jake Rowland writes: One of the most interesting features on site is a pit located in between the two flanking ditches of the long mound. The pit yielded very few finds however it is very similar in character to Mesolithic pits excavated in the Stonehenge carpark and those beneath Thickthorn longbarrow although radiocarbon dates from charcoal found in the base of the pit will confirm its date.

Perhaps more surprisingly the centre of the pit was recut at a later date, possibly during the Neolithic or Bronze Age, potentially being used as a post hole. If the earlier pit does date to the Mesolithic it represents a rare example of Neolithic or Bronze Age reworking of Mesolithic pits and may explain why the long barrow was constructed at the site.
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https://facetsarchaeology.com/2016/08/06/knowlton-dig-2016-day-5

Knowlton Dig 2016: Day 10, August 9th: Jake Rowland writes: Today the main focus on the site has been on part of a C-shaped, curvilinear feature, measuring 10m in length, which showed up on a geophysical survey of the site.

The excavation of two slots through the feature have shown it to have a character, similar to the ditches of the long mound, formed by a series of pits dug next to one another.

It is unclear as to what this C-shaped feature was however at the base of one of the large pits which form the ditch the natural chalk has been very heavily compressed, possibly as a result of the pit having contained a very heavy object.

This is just speculation at this stage but the site directors plan to extend the trench and put sections through the ditch terminals to better understand the character of the whole feature.
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https://facetsarchaeology.com/2016/08/09/knowlton-dig-2016-day-10/
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Knowle Hill Farm (possible) long barrow dig 2016 by Andy B on Friday, 12 August 2016
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Specific objectives of the project include:

* ascertaining the character of the features producing the cropmark (e.g. ditches, pits or large post-holes);
* the recovery of dateable material from primary contexts;
* the recovery of artefactual and/or structural evidence that will enable the function of the monument and its subsequent life to be established;
* the recovery of environmental evidence pertaining to the period of the monument’s construction and subsequent life.

The 3 week long excavation (30th July – 19th August) is run by Dr Josh Pollard and Professor Alistair Pike from the University of Southampton in collaboration with archaeologists Dr Mark Gillings, University of Leicester and archaeologist Martin Green.

You can keep up to date with all of the latest discoveries from the site on https://facetsarchaeology.com or by following @Jake_Rowland1 on Twitter

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