Monument record MDO5093 - 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. Ploughed out.

ST95791124 Cropmark of ring ditch (FR 6-7/30). <2>

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). 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. <4>

<1> Radcliffe, F M, Oblique aerial photographs, FR 6-7/30 (Aerial Photograph). SDO13178.

<2> 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).’

<3> English Heritage, English Heritage Alternative Action Report, SJ Lobb, MPPA, Mar-2000 (Scheduling record). SDO18279.

<4> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Sharon Bishop/16-JUN-09/English Heritage (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1408618 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 25 2022 2:47PM