Monument record MDO5080 - Cremation cemetery on Launceston Down, Tarrant Launceston

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Summary

A group of at least five small barrows on the northern part of Launceston Down was examined by J H Austen in 1864. A cluster of urns containing cremations was found in 1938 and interpreted as part of a cremation cemetery around the barrows.

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 107.

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Location

Grid reference ST 9545 1145 (point)
Map sheet ST91SE
Civil Parish Tarrant Launceston; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 060 050 B
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 91 SE 56

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Sep 30 2020 10:52AM

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