Monument record MDO43801 - Bronze Age round barrow, southwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is defined by a single ring ditch with a break to the south-east which almost encloses a circular area measuring circa 17.5m in diameter. Total diameter is circa 19m. The size and shape of the enclosure suggests that it is the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a soilmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9353 0937 and is defined by a single ring ditch with a break to the south-east which almost encloses a circular area measuring circa 17.5m in diameter.

The size and shape of the enclosure suggest that it is the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known in this area. There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1, 1.1, 2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3>

A probable Bronze Age barrow is visible c 546m to the southwest of Dairy Farm, Tarrant Launceston, as a circular annular cropmark c19m in diameter on an aerial photograph dated 1999 <3>. A smaller partial circular annular cropmark visible adjacent to the south of the feature on a 1976 aerial photograph <1, 1.1> may be a further barrow (see MDO43802).

The feature was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AI&M project.

<1> National Monuments Record, 08-JUL-1976, NMR ST 9309/10 JRB 3306/7 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18465.

<1.1> John Boyden, 08-JUL-1976, JRB 3306/7, JRB 3306/7 08-JUL-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18037.

<2> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/21, NMR ST 9309/21 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18462.

<2.1> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR ST 9309/22, NMR ST 9309/22 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18463.

<2.2> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/07, NMR 18458/07 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18038.

<2.3> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18458/08, NMR 18458/08 13-OCT-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18461.

<3> National Monuments Record, 13-OCT-1999, NMR 18595/03 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18039.

<4> Bishop, Sharon, 2009, Tarrant Launceston 15 & Environs. Aerial Photograph Survey & Analysis, Object Number: MD002384 (Unpublished document). SDO12459.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1481026 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 3 2023 10:31AM