Monument record MDO43792 - Bronze Age round barrow, southeast of Manor Farm, Tarrant Hinton

A probable plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 14m in diameter, with no visible entrances. Total diameter circa 17m. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9432 1077 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 14m in diameter, with no visible entrances. It is probably the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area and it could be considered to be one of a pair (see ST 91 SW 92 / UID: 210299 / MDO4975). There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1>

Situated approximately 400m southeast of Manor Farm, Tarrant Hinton. It is visible as a circular annular cropmark c17m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1995 <1>. It forms a group with two other probable barrows; MDO4975 and MDO32816. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15398/61, NMR ST 9410/6 NMR 15398/61 05-SEP-1995 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18035.

<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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document).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, 1481293 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 3 2023 10:51AM