Monument record MDO43794 - Bronze Age round barrow, northwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is suggested by a light coloured sub-circular soilmark which measures 23m in diameter. It is probably the plough levelled remains of the chalk mound of a Bronze Age round barrow. There is no sign of any surrounding ditch or 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 soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9359 1015 and is suggested by a light coloured circular macula which measures 16m in diameter. It is probably the plough levelled remains of the chalk mound of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area. There is no sign of any surrounding ditch or internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1, 1.1>

A probable Bronze Age barrow is visible c 485m to the northwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston, as a sub-circular soilmark c23m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1995 <2>. It is located adjacent to a further probable barrow MDO43793. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR ST 9310/12, NMR ST 9310/12 30-MAR-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18466.

<1.1> National Monuments Record, 30-MAR-1982, NMR 2110/1109, NMR 2110/1109 30-MAR-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18036.

<2> National Monuments Record, 05-SEP-1995, NMR 15398/61 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18035.

<3> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481217 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 3 2023 10:52AM