Monument record MDO44826 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

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Summary

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on a 1976 aerial photograph. The feature may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Full Description

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on a 1976 aerial photograph [1]. The feature is approximately 6m in total diameter, the ditch being approximately 0.8m wide. It may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.


<1> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18871.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Aerial Photograph: John Boyden. 08-JUL-1976. JRB 3306/8.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9398 0883 (point)
Map sheet ST90NW
Civil Parish Tarrant Monkton; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • None recorded

Record last edited

Nov 23 2022 2:47PM

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