Monument record MDO5085 - Round barrow, Tarrant Launceston

One of a group of bowl barrows recorded after woodland clearance in 1986. A mound 14 metres in diameter with a mound 0.4 metres high. This monument may have been investigated by antiquarian Charles Warne in 1840.

<1> Trust for Wessex Archaeology, 1986, Dorset Barrow Survey (Index). SDO134.

‘A bowl barrow revealed after the clearance of Hyde Hill Plantation. Not recorded by RCHM, Grinsell or Ordnance Survey. Forms a line of four aligned NW-SE. A small mound 14.0m in diameter and 0.6m high. Visible as a rise in managed deciduous woodland. The plantation has recently been cleared of mature trees and replanted with saplings. The clearfelling operation has disturbed the ground surface and old tree stumps remain. The barrow has an uneven surface and was covered in tussock grass. Possible disturbance by burrowing animals, although nothing recent. The mound lies 5 paces SW of a fence beyond which lies a track and field regularly ploughed. 10 paces to SE lies a fence beyond which lies a field regularly ploughed. Part-excavated by Warne 1840? (Warne C, Celtic Tumuli of Dorset, No 39 Pt1).’

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 143 (Serial). SDO88.

‘ST 95131041, 14.0 m. dia., 0.6 m high, damaged by clearfelling, and replanted with saplings.’

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Jan 22 2025 4:39PM