Monument record MDO45207 - Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible to the east of Tarrant Monkton as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The feature is approximately 20m in diameter and is considered likely to be the outer ditch around a plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow. 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 9556 0797 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 16m 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 the area (eg ST 90 NE 60; 75 / UIDs: 1479027; 1479149). 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 to the east of Tarrant Monkton as a cropmark on aerial photographs <2,3>. The feature is approximately 20m in diameter and is considered likely to be the outer ditch around a plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow. 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 Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis (Unpublished document).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> 08-JUL-1976, NMR ST 9408/7 JRB 3306/9 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19235.

<2> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/10 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19149.

<3> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/2 (Aerial Photograph). SDO19150.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1479028 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 30 2023 11:52AM