Monument record MDO45200 - Bronze Age round barrow, Tarrant Monkton

A sub-circular ring ditch is visible to the east of Tarrant Monkton as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The feature is approximately 22m in diameter and is considered likely to be the outer ditch around a plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

A probable Bronze Age round barrow is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. The site is centred at ST 9515 0797 and is defined by a single ring ditch which encloses a circular area measuring 18m in diameter, with no visible entrances. The size and shape of the enclosure suggest that it could be the plough levelled remains of a Bronze Age round barrow, several of which are known along the lower contours immediately east of the River Tarrant (eg ST 90 NW 149; ST 90 NE 59 / UIDs: 1479020; 1479024). There is no sign of any barrow mound or other internal feature such as a funerary deposit. <1> <2> A sub-circular ring ditch is visible to the east of Tarrant Monkton as a cropmark on aerial photographs <2>. The feature is approximately 22m in diameter and is considered likely to be the outer ditch around a plough levelled Bronze Age round barrow. It was digitally plotted during the Dorset Middle Stour AIM project.

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Jan 30 2023 11:49AM