Monument record MDO32821 - Round barrow c270m north east of 'Kerstins', Tarrant Launceston

A probable plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 23m in diameter. Total diameter circa 30m. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9427 1038 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 23m in diameter. It is probably the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area. The barrow is located 12m east of the round barrow recorded as ST 91 SW 134 (UID: 1481294 / MDO32822) and the two should probably be considered as a pair. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1>

The feature is also visible as a faint circular annular cropmark c 30m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1982 <1> and was digitally plotted from this source during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR 2110/1115, NMR ST 9410/3-4 NMR 2110/1115-1116 30-MAR-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18033.

<2> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481295 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 5 2022 1:44PM