Monument record MDO44830 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on aerial photographs. The feature may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1478921. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9392 0853 and is defined by a single narrow ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 13m 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>

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the west of Tarrant Monkton on aerial photographs <2, 3>. The feature comprises a 0.75m wide ditch describing a sub-circular ring ditch approximately 15.5 m in diameter and with a gap on it southeast side, possibly eroded from where a trackway crosses the feature. It may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1478921. 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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document).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.

<1.1> 04-SEP-1995, NMR ST 9308/12 NMR 15397/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19291.

<2> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/8 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18871.

<3> National Monuments Record, 04-SEP-1995, NMR 15397/14 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18877.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1478921 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 26 2023 2:03PM