The Great Barrow at Knowlton is said to be the largest barrow in the county, it certainly is a magnificent specimen. Ariel photos show the barrow is sited in the center of an formidable causewayed ditch, possibly of earlier date as barrows do not usually have such a broad flat area between mound and ditch, also there appears to be a barrow ditch around the mound. The whole Knowlton complex represents an impressive monument to prehistoric ritual life, retaining such power into the middle ages that the Normans built a Christian Church within one of the Neolithic Henge circles.
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