Monument record MDO40183 - Concentric ring ditches, Tarrant Launceston

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The barrow is defined by two concentric ring ditches. The outer ring ditch has a diameter of 35 metres and the inner ring ditch has a diameter of 27 metres. The size and shape of the cropmarks suggest that the site could be the plough levelled remains of a Prehistoric funerary monument such as a Bronze Age round barrow. No barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit is visible. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

ST 94030925. Two concentric rings. Diameters (approx) i) Outer ring 35m, ii) Inner ring 27m. <2, 2.1, 4>

The probable Bronze Age round barrow referred to above <2, 2.1, 4> is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs, including that listed as source 2 & 2.1. The barrow is centred at ST 9407 0921 and is defined by two concentric ring ditches which measure 16m and 22m in diameter. The size and shape of the cropmarks suggest that the site could be the plough levelled remains of a Prehistoric funerary monument such as a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area (eg ST 90 NW 162 / UID: 1481016). No barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit is visible. <1, 1.1>

Two concentric ring ditches identified on aerial photograph. The outer ring ditch has a diameter of 35 metres and the inner ring ditch has a diameter of 27 metres. The feature is visible as a pronounced double concentric circular cropmark on aerial photographs dated 1969 <3> and was digitally plotted from this source during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 28-MAR-1968, NMR ST 9409/1, NMR ST 9409/1 28-MAR-1968 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18477.

<1.1> National Monuments Record, 28-MAR-1968, NMR 68/38, NMR 68/38 28-MAR-1968 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18478.

<2> National Monuments Record, 11-JUL-1969, NMR ST 9409/4, NMR ST 9409/4 11-JUL-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18479.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, 11-JUL-1969, NMR 127/13, NMR 127/13 11-JUL-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18480.

<3> National Monuments Record, 11-JUL-1969, NMR 127/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18040.

<4> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, p7, Tarrant Launceston a [new] 52 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<5> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 620838 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 23 2023 3:28PM