Monument record MDO5092 - Ring ditch, Tarrant Launceston

A ring-ditch visible as a crop mark on oblique aerial photographs taken by Francesca Radcliffe. Interpreted as being the probable remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. Diameter of 14 metres.

A ring ditch identified on aerial photograph by Bowden RCHME (1991) Tarrant Launceston a53. Diameter of 14 metres and identified as being part of the Launceston Down North Group (RCHM 1972, 107).

There appears to have been some confusion over the grid reference as the aerial photographs cited actually show the round barrows recorded as ST 91 SE 7, 57, 100 and 191. Alternatively, since the area was extensively examined by the Piggotts in 1938, it must have been ploughed out by then. Not visible on the ground and not recommended for scheduling.

ST95721161 Cropmark of ring ditch (FR 6-7/30). <1>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1991, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1990, Volume 112, p128. Aerial Photography: New Sites - Tarrant Launceston (Serial). SDO90.

‘Crop-mark of ring-ditch. (FR 6-7/30).’

<2> Radcliffe, F M, Oblique aerial photographs, FR 6-7/30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13178.

<3> Bowen, H C, 1991, The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke: Inventory, 7 (Monograph). SDO14864.

<4> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, SJ Lobb, MPPA, Mar-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<5> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Sharon Bishop/16-JUN-09/English Heritage (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

There appears to have been some confusion over the grid reference as the aerial photographs cited as source 1 actually show the round barrows recorded as ST 91 SE 7, 57, 100 and 191 (UIDs: 210011, 210101, 210144 and 1305012).

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1408617 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 25 2022 2:35PM