Monument record MDO43804 - Bronze Age round barrow, northwest of Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Launceston

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is defined by a single ring ditch which completely encloses a circular area measuring 10m in diameter. 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 probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9412 0918 and is defined by a single ring ditch which completely encloses a circular area measuring 10m 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. <1, 1.1, 2, 2.1>

A probable Bronze Age barrow is visible c 300m to the northwest of Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Launceston, as a circular annular cropmark c 14.5m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1969 <3>. A small circular depression c 2.5m in diameter is visible in the centre of the feature.

The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M 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> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481016 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 8 2022 1:56PM