Monument record MDO44842 - Probable Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the east of Tarrant Monkton Farm, Tarrant Monkton, on aerial photographs. The feature may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1479020. 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 9497 0834 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 15m 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. <2>

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible as a cropmark to the east of Tarrant Monkton Farm, Tarrant Monkton, on aerial photographs <1>. The feature is approximately 21m in overall diameter with at least a 1.5m wide ditch. It may be the outer ditch of a Bronze Age barrow and is recorded under NRHE Hob UID 1479020. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

<1> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18885.

<2> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1479020 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 24 2023 2:42PM