Monument record MDO5075 - Disc barrow, Tarrant Launceston

A disc barrow recorded as consisting of a small mound encircled by a ditch with an inner and outer bank, and with an overall diameter of around 150 feet. The mound is slightly southeast of the centre.

A disc barrow situated at ST 95881133, 70 yds E of the barrow (ST 91 SE 53) and on the parish boundary with Long Crichel. It has been levelled by ploughing, but consists of a circular ditch, 150ft in diameter, with traces of an inner and an outer bank and of a small mound SE of the centre. The dyke (ST 91 SW 40) appears to cut the outer bank on the S. <1>

ST 95901134. A disc barrow, forming part of a dispersed group of barrows on the west side of the Crichel Valley. Scheduled. <4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 107 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(46) Disc (95881133), 70 yds. E. of (45) and in a similar situation and condition, lies on the parish boundary with Long Crichel; it consists of a circular ditch, 150 ft. in diameter, with traces of an inner and an outer bank, and of a small mound S.E. of the centre. Dyke (16) appears to cut the outer bank on the S.'

<2> Grinsell, L V, 1982, Dorset Barrows Supplement, p62 (Monograph). SWX1703.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1990, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke, Area Plan 2 (Monograph). SWX800.

<4> DCMS, 2002, Scheduled Monument Notification EH Scheduling amendment, 24JULY-2002, 24-Jul-02 (Scheduling record). SDO17857.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210011 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 12 2024 1:26PM