Monument record MDO43798 - Bronze Age round barrow, southwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is defined by a single ring ditch with a large break to the north which nearly encloses a circular area measuring circa 23m in diameter. Total diameter is circa 28m. The size and shape of the enclosure suggest that it is the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit.

A possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9374 0962 and is defined by a single ring ditch with a large break to the north which nearly encloses a circular area measuring circa 23m in diameter.

The size and shape of the enclosure suggest that it is the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3>

A probable Bronze Age barrow is visible c 183m to the southwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston, as a partial circular annular cropmark c28m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1976 <1>. The northwest side of the feature is not visible, possibly ploughed out. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18037.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/21, NMR ST 9309/21 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18462.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/22, NMR ST 9309/22 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18463.

<2.2> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/07, NMR 18458/07 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18038.

<2.3> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/08, NMR 18458/08 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18461.

<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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document).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, 1481030 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2022 2:56PM