Monument record MDO43803 - 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 which encloses a circular area measuring 19m in diameter. Its shape and size suggest that it is probably the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. There is no sign of any internal mound or 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 9349 0962 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 19m in diameter. Its shape and size suggest that it is probably the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area. There is no sign of any internal mound or internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3>

A probable Bronze Age barrow is visible c 480m to the southwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston, as a circular annular cropmark c13.5m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1999 <1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3>. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/21, NMR ST 9309/21 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18462.

<1.1> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/22, NMR ST 9309/22 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18463.

<1.2> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/07, NMR 18458/07 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18038.

<1.3> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/08, NMR 18458/08 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18461.

<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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document).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, 1481043 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 6 2022 3:58PM