Monument record MDO43805 - Later prehistoric ring ditch, possible Bronze Age 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 16m in diameter. Total diameter is circa 21m. 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. 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 9390 0908 and is defined by a single ring ditch which completely encloses a circular area measuring 16m 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 sub-circular/sub-rectangular ring ditch c 350m to the northwest of Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Launceston, is visible as a cropmark c 21m by 19m on an aerial photograph dated 1976 <3>. The feature is cut on its south side by a later prehistoric/Roman trackway (MDO 43806), suggesting an earlier feature, possibly a Bronze Age barrow. 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> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18041.

<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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document).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, 1481013 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 3 2023 10:33AM