Monument record MDO44827 - Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

A partial sub-oval ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on 1968 aerial photographs. The feature may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1478924. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A possible Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9399 0872 and is defined by a single narrow ring ditch which encloses an oval area measuring a maximum of 26m in diameter, with no visible entrances.

The size and shape of the enclosure suggest that it could be 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, 2>

A partial sub-oval ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on 1968 aerial photographs <2>. The feature comprises a 2.5m wide ditch describing part of an oval or sub-circular approximately 23.8m across. It may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1478924. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<2> National Monuments Record, 28-MAR-1968, NMR 68/040-47 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18043.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1478924 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 26 2023 1:54PM