Guide to the Monuments on Langstone Moor

Table of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Langstone Moor

Langstone Moor Guide Map

Guidance for walkers: The monuments featured in this database are archaeological treasures and need to be protected and preserved - please do not disturb any sites. Please check access and firing times before visiting sites, not all sites listed are on open access land. Firing ranges and boundaries of open access areas are marked on the OL28 OS Dartmoor Explorer map. Please stick to the country code and consider giving support to the numerous agencies that help to keep Dartmoor a fabulous natural and historic environment!

List of Ritual and Burial Monuments on Langstone Moor

Langstone Moor (c.6) Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 55510 77760
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV56597
ShortName: CN:Langstone M
Butler map: 30.1
Notes: Peat mounds to east SX552780? See: 439658
Nearby sites: SX55517776

Langstone Moor Settlement

OS Map: SX 55500 77900
NMR record: SX 57 NE 16
HER record: MDV4219
Megalithic Portal: 17507
ShortName: ST Langstone
Butler map: 30.2
Notes: Details via Megalithic Portal.
Nearby sites: SX55507790

Langstone Moor E. Reported Cist

OS Map: SX 56080 78010
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV61771
PMD: Langstone Moor E.
ShortName: CT?Langstone E
Butler map: 30.2
Butler Vol 5: p.173 & Fig.113
Notes: Possible cist, could be a tinners cache
Nearby sites: SX56087801

Langstone Moor Stone Circle

OS Map: SX 55638 78204
NMR record: SX 57 NE 13
HER record: MDV4226
Megalithic Portal: 1062
PMD: Langstone Moor Stone Circle
ShortName: SC Langstone
Butler map: 30.10
DPD page: 14
Turner: G10
Notes: The Langstone standing stone and also the stone circle were used for target practice by American troops who were stationed nearby during the Second World War. Bullet holes can be seen on the Langstone standing stone and the circle was sadly smashed to smithereens. The Langstone Moor Stone circle had been restored in 1894 when all of the stones were re-erected in their original socket holes. Today only 3 stones remain intact with 10 having been destroyed and the rest overturned during World War Two. The debris of the former stones remain in place. Pre-war photos give a sense of how spectacular this site used to be. The original restored circle consisted of 16 stones in a 20.9m circle. The original survey by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee suggested that there might have originally been a secondary concentric circle consisting of elvan rather than granite stones although the evidence for this today is unclear (see Extract from the Second Report of the D.E.C.), see also HER MDV4226. Further coverage can be found on Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's Prehistoric Langstone Moor. Lethbridge p14, diagram p13.
Nearby sites: SX55647820

Langstone Moor 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55732 78117
NMR record: SX 57 NE 14
HER record: MDV4594
ShortName: CN:Langstone 1
Butler map: 30.10.1
Grinsell: PET 40
Nearby sites: SX55737812

Langstone Moor 2 Cist

OS Map: SX 55736 78120
NMR record: SX 57 NE 43
HER record: MDV4593
Megalithic Portal: 45786
PMD: Near Langstone Moor Stone circle
ShortName: CT Langstone 2
Butler map: 30.10.2
Grinsell: PET 39
Notes: The cist is now housed in the Plymouth City Museum. Butler Langstone Moor 2 - Vol. 2. Map 30.10. 129
Nearby sites: SX55747812

Langstone Moor 3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 55612 78158
NMR record: SX 57 NE 3
HER record: MDV4595
ShortName: CN:Langstone 3
Butler map: 30.10.3
Grinsell: PET 40a
Notes: 2 Grinsell cairns 40a 558781 (roughly) and 41a 557782 (roughly). NMR "There is a cairn at SX 55627816 which may be Worth's 'small
barrow'." Butler states: PET 40a, 41a
Nearby sites: SX55617816

Langstone Moor 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 55510 77760
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV46978
ShortName: CN:Langstone 4
Notes: Originally identified as another hut circle, this feature was surveyed in 2003 and recorded as one of a line of three clearance cairns. See also SiteID=6919
Nearby sites: SX55517776

Langstone Moor (duplicate) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 55705 78105
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV69494
ShortName: CN:Langstone 6
Grinsell: PET 41a
Notes: Could be a duplicate
Nearby sites: SX55717811

Langstone Moor (PET 40b) Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 55240 78010
NMR record: SX 57 NE 31
HER record: MDV12812
ShortName: CN?LangPet40b
Grinsell: B:PET 40b
Notes: Probably peat stacks as shown by hole in B:PET 40b
Nearby sites: SX55247801

Langstone Moor (PET 40c) Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 55200 77910
NMR record: SX 57 NE 31
HER record: MDV12813
ShortName: CN?LangPet40c
Grinsell: B:PET 40c
Notes: Probably peat stacks as shown by hole in B:PET 40b
Nearby sites: SX55207791

Langstone Moor (PET 40d) Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 55150 77820
NMR record: SX 57 NE 31
HER record: MDV12814
ShortName: CN?LangPet40d
Grinsell: B:PET 40d
Notes: Probably peat stacks as shown by hole in B:PET 40b
Nearby sites: SX55157782

Langstone Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 54843 77922
NMR record: SX 57 NW 112
HER record: MDV48862
Megalithic Portal: 45833
ShortName: RC Langstone
Turner: A22
Notes: The author visited this site on 25/06/2018. A semi circular group of mounds can indeed be seen but these mounds are like the mounds all over Cox Tor, White Tor and Roos Tor. These mounds are probably periglacial. An alternative explanation of these mounds is the activity of the yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus). Whilst the ants can use stones (natural or ring cairn) to initiate their mounds they are not required. Whichever explanation for these mounds is correct it seems most likely this site is a natural occurrence that happens to look like a ring cairn.

"A semi-circular bank, possibly the remains of a ring cairn.1.4 to 2m wide, 0.4m high. Composed of small + medium sized stones now largely turf-covered. It fades at each end of a near-perfect semi-circle of 14.9m internal diam. There is a low stone pile, 0.2m high, in se quadrant".

See also: On periglacial mounds see "What are these bumps on the moor?". On meadow ant mounds, see Morey, C.R 2010 "A New Interpretation of the Earth Hummocks on Cox Tor, Dartmoor, Devonshire" Geoscience in South-West England, 12, 219-222)
Nearby sites: SX54847792

Langstone Moor 2 Stone Row

OS Map: SX 54945 78842
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV4107
PMD: Langstone Moor 2
Alternate name: Langstone Moor II Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Langstone 2
Butler map: 30.12
Notes: "Reave running from north - south on the eastern slopes of Whittor close to the Langstone Stone Row."
Nearby sites: SX54957884

Langstone Moor 3 Stone Row

OS Map: SX 55100 78800
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
The Stone Rows of GB: Langstone Moor 3
PMD: Langstone Moor 3
Alternate name: Langstone Moor III Stone Row
ShortName: SR:Langstone 3
Butler map: 30.12
Nearby sites: SX55107880

Langstone Moor Standing Stone

OS Map: SX 55023 78742
NMR record: SX 57 NE 18
HER record: MDV4225
Megalithic Portal: 17504
PMD: Langstone Moor Standing Stone
ShortName: SS Langstone
Butler map: 30.12
Butler Vol 5: p.230
DPD page: 13
Notes: The Langstone standing stone is 2.76m high and can be seen from some distance. It was restored in its original socket in 1893. The Langstone is close to a stone row consisting of very small stones. The Langstone standing stone and also the stone circle were used for target practice by American troops who were stationed nearby during the second world. Bullet holes can be seen on the Langstone standing stone. Lethbridge pp.13-14.
Nearby sites: SX55027874

Langstone Moor Stone Row Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 55040 78850
NMR record: SX 57 NE 18
HER: No record found
ShortName: CNxLangstoneSR
Butler map: 30.12
Grinsell: PET 41
Notes: Butler, reffering to the claims of the Dartmoor Exploration Comittee of a second Langstone Moor stone row and associated cairn says "A line of slabs is indeed visible along oe side of it [a bank of stones] but the cairn appeards to be merely a pile of stones from the bank to allow the passage of the Peter Tavy branch of the Lich Way". NB. The HER has no entry but the entry for the pool (127215) implies it could be the same as the Butler reported carn at the end of the stone row. On this website the pool is currently listed as a separate entry SiteID=4428. The Butler diagram page 77 (fig 30.8) shows both a mound and a pit. Could these represent these as two distinct features?
Nearby sites: SX55047885

Langstone Moor Stone Row

OS Map: SX 55022 78851
NMR record: SX 57 NE 18
HER record: MDV4223
Megalithic Portal: 2016
The Stone Rows of GB: Langstone Moor
PMD: Langstone Moor I Stone Row
ShortName: SR Langstone
Butler map: 30.12
DPD page: 14
Notes: "A single stone row stands on Launceston (Langstone). Moor circa 330 feet in length, probably longer when complete. There are now only 18 stones, the largest of which stands only 18 inches above ground. At the north end are the remains of a barrow, now reduced to little more than a rubble ring. At the south end is the standing stone known as the 'Langstone', from which the moor probably takes its name. The stone was re-erected in 1893 and stands to a height of 9 feet 3 inches." Lethbridge p14, diagram p13.
Nearby sites: SX55027885

Langstone Moor Ancient Pool

OS Map: SX 55026 78879
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV127215
ShortName: PO:Langstone
Notes: "A pool measuring 28 by 24 metres. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies at the northern end of a stone row. May be on the site of a cairn"

NB. HER entry implies this could be the same as the Butler reported carn at the end of the stone row. On this website this is currently listed as a separate entry SiteID=1164 (no HER entry). The diagram page 77 (fig 30.8) shows both a mound and a pit. Could this be the pit distinct from the cairn?
Nearby sites: SX55037888

Langstone, W of (PET 28) Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54940 78840
NMR record: SX 57 NW 25
HER record: MDV49510
ShortName: CN?Langstone18
Grinsell: PET 28
Notes: Remains of a turf covered cairn which is in a very mutilated condition due to the construction of a cart track through it
Nearby sites: SX54947884

White Barrow Cairn

OS Map: SX 56852 79309
NMR record: SX 57 NE 11
HER record: MDV4214
ShortName: CN:WhiteBarrow
Butler map: 30.13
Grinsell: LYD 31
Nearby sites: SX56857931

Cocks Hill W. Cairn

OS Map: SX 56185 79154
NMR record: SX 57 NE 12
HER record: MDV4599
ShortName: CN:CocksHill W
Butler map: 30.14
Grinsell: PET 38
Nearby sites: SX56197915

Greena Ball 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 56830 77880
NMR record: SX 57 NE 9
HER record: MDV4597
ShortName: CN?Greena Ba1
Butler map: 30.16.1
Grinsell: LYD 35
Notes: field investigation suggests that the features are more likely to be peat stacks of uncertain date
Nearby sites: SX56837788

Greena Ball 2 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 56850 77820
NMR record: SX 57 NE 9
HER record: MDV4228
ShortName: CN?Greena Ba2
Butler map: 30.16.2
Notes: field investigation suggests that the features are more likely to be peat stacks of uncertain date
Nearby sites: SX56857782

Greena Ball 3 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 56890 77840
NMR record: SX 57 NE 9
HER record: MDV4229
ShortName: CN?Greena Ba3
Butler map: 30.16.3
Grinsell: LYD 36
Notes: field investigation suggests that the features are more likely to be peat stacks of uncertain date
Nearby sites: SX56897784

Greena Ball 4 Clearance Cairn

OS Map: SX 56940 77830
NMR record: SX 57 NE 9
HER record: MDV4587
ShortName: CN?Greena Ba4
Butler map: 30.16.4
Grinsell: LYD 37
Notes: field investigation suggests that the features are more likely to be peat stacks of uncertain date
Nearby sites: SX56947783

Roos Tor (c.20) Cairnfield Master

OS Map: SX 54060 77110
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48247
ShortName: CN:Roos Tor M
Butler map: 31.7
Notes: Cairn cemetry - see individual records for cairns. This master record is marked as a duplicate.
Nearby sites: SX54067711

Roos Tor 1 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54050 77170
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48248
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 1
Nearby sites: SX54057717

Roos Tor 2 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54060 77150
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48249
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 2
Nearby sites: SX54067715

Roos Tor 3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54060 77130
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48250
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 3
Nearby sites: SX54067713

Roos Tor 4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54070 77110
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48251
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 4
Nearby sites: SX54077711

Roos Tor 5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54080 77110
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48252
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 5
Nearby sites: SX54087711

Roos Tor 6 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54120 77160
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48253
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 6
Nearby sites: SX54127716

Roos Tor 7 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54110 77170
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48254
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 7
Nearby sites: SX54117717

Roos Tor 8 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54120 77200
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48255
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 8
Nearby sites: SX54127720

Roos Tor 9 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54110 77200
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48256
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor 9
Nearby sites: SX54117720

Roos Tor 10 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54120 77180
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48257
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor10
Nearby sites: SX54127718

Roos Tor 11 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54090 77210
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48258
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor11
Nearby sites: SX54097721

Roos Tor 12 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54140 77200
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48259
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor12
Nearby sites: SX54147720

Roos Tor 13 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54110 77110
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48260
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor13
Nearby sites: SX54117711

Roos Tor 14 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54110 77190
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48262
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor14
Nearby sites: SX54117719

Roos Tor 15 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54130 77190
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48263
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor15
Nearby sites: SX54137719

Roos Tor 16 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54100 77210
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV48264
ShortName: CN?Roos Tor16
Nearby sites: SX54107721

Roos Tor N.W. Settlement

OS Map: SX 53900 77200
NMR record: SX 57 NW 18
HER record: MDV4104
Megalithic Portal: 17509
ShortName: ST:RoosTorNW
Notes: Details via Megalithic Portal.
Nearby sites: SX53907720

White Tor (Whittor) Neolithic Enclosure

OS Map: SX 54230 78670
NMR record: SX 57 NW 8
HER record: MDV4101
Megalithic Portal: 17506
ShortName: NE White Tor
Butler map: 31.13
DPD page: 13
Notes: Neolithic tor enclosure. "A camp on the summit of White Tor formed by a double wall, now in ruinous condition. Both walls appear to have been 10 to 11 feet thick, the outer wall being 4 to 4 1/2 feet high, the inner 6 to 7 feet high. The distance between the walls varies between 10 and 40 feet. The entrances are to the east, where access is easier, they are not opposite and are protected by the spur walls. Within the camp are four hut circles and three possible hut shelters, and two northern circles (numbers 5 and 6 on plan) are joined by a short wall." See also, Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's White Tor Neolithic Settlement. See also HER record MDV4102. See also Dartmoor Tor Enclosures Project.
Nearby sites: SX54237867

White Tor Fort Fort

OS Map: SX 54246 78678
NMR record: SX 57 NW 8
HER record: MDV4101
Megalithic Portal: 17506
Alternate name: White Tor Fort
ShortName: FT White Tor
DPD page: 13
Notes: "White tor camp.8 hut circles enclosed within the camp. Excavated by baring-gould.". See also Legendary Dartmoor: Dartmoor's White Tor Neolithic Settlement
Nearby sites: SX54257868

White Tor Summit Cairn

OS Map: SX 54220 78638
NMR record: SX 57 NW 84
HER record: MDV4147
ShortName: CN WhiteTorSum
Butler map: 31.13
Grinsell: PET 22
Notes: "Cairn in white tor camp. Large cairn in sw portion of the camp. Many hundreds of cartloads of stones are here lying piled up like a cairn against one of the rock outcrops on the summit. The stones are all of handy size, none of them are built in, but thrown together pell mell. On the top of the cairn are two cavities, which seem to have been made by previous explorers. All the stones were removed from the cairn following the contour of rock to a distance of 7.32m, with a width of 3.05m and a depth of 2.75m. The surface of the ground thus exposed, was dug into until the cairn was reached and the only reward obtained after this heavy work consisted of a couple of small flint flakes. No charcoal was seen and nothing to indicate the use of this great heap of stones. It does not seem to be sepulchral nor could it have been used as a beacon, for in the former, some trace of interment would have been disclosed, and in the latter charcoal and signs of fire. May have been a look- out place or stones for ammunition only a large cairn here now, with hollow in centre (baring-gould)."
Nearby sites: SX54227864

Cudlipptown Down 1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53524 79061
NMR record: SX 57 NW 119
HER record: MDV56602
ShortName: CN Cudlipp 1
Butler map: 31.16.1
Notes: Cairn is in foreground of photo. NMR C - Butler lists 2 cairns NMR Lists 4. "4 small cairns situated on a slight slope, on the line of a parallel reave, on cudlipptown down. Their origin and function are obscure but they appear to post-date the reave." ... "'a' sx53387898.2m by 1.6m wide, 0.3m high. Partly turf-covered small and medium-size stones forming a low, near circular cairn. 'b' sx53497904.5.6m by 5m wide, 0.4m high. A roundish, flat-topped cairn of small-medium sized, partly turf-covered stones. There appears to be some disturbance, possibly a narrow trench, running from the cairn centre to the n edge. 'c' sx53517905.3.1m diam, 0.35m high. Otherwise very similar to 'b'. 'd' sx53557907.2m diam by 0.3m high (nmr, citing pattison)."

Cairn A SX 53380 78980 (2m x 1.6m)
Cairn B SX 53490 79040 (5.6 x 5 x 0.4m)
Cairn C SX 53510 79050 (3.1 x 0.35m)
Cairn D SX 53550 79070
Nearby sites: SX53527906

Cudlipptown Down 2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53507 79052
NMR record: SX 57 NW 119
HER record: MDV56602
ShortName: CN Cudlipp 2
Butler map: 31.16.2
Notes: NMR B - Butler lists 2 cairns NMR Lists 4. "4 small cairns situated on a slight slope, on the line of a parallel reave, on cudlipptown down. Their origin and function are obscure but they appear to post-date the reave." ... "'a' sx53387898.2m by 1.6m wide, 0.3m high. Partly turf-covered small and medium-size stones forming a low, near circular cairn. 'b' sx53497904.5.6m by 5m wide, 0.4m high. A roundish, flat-topped cairn of small-medium sized, partly turf-covered stones. There appears to be some disturbance, possibly a narrow trench, running from the cairn centre to the n edge. 'c' sx53517905.3.1m diam, 0.35m high. Otherwise very similar to 'b'. 'd' sx53557907.2m diam by 0.3m high (nmr, citing pattison)."

Cairn A SX 53380 78980 (2m x 1.6m)
Cairn B SX 53490 79040 (5.6 x 5 x 0.4m)
Cairn C SX 53510 79050 (3.1 x 0.35m)
Cairn D SX 53550 79070
Nearby sites: SX53517905

Cudlipptown Down N. Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53370 79460
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN?Cudlipp N
Butler map: 31.17
Notes: Butler: "an isolated stony mound is probably a burial cairn".
Nearby sites: SX53377946

Wedlake E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54288 77561
NMR record: SX 57 NW 16
HER record: MDV4183
ShortName: CN:Wedlake E1
Butler map: 31.18.1
Grinsell: PET 34b
Notes: Probable cairn now bisected by newtake wall.
Nearby sites: SX54297756

Wedlake E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54448 77684
NMR record: SX 57 NW 17
HER record: MDV4184
ShortName: CN:Wedlake E2
Butler map: 31.18.2
Grinsell: PET 34a
Notes: The remains of what must have been an impressive large cairn lie on a fairly steep north-west facing hillslope in virtually clitter-free open moorland. It measures 17.0m in overall diameter, 0.5m in height and is apparently composed entirely of small stones.
Nearby sites: SX54457768

Wedlake E.3 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54527 77396
NMR: No record found
HER: No record found
ShortName: CN-Wedlake E3
Notes: In June 2019 the author was checking through old photos and found this poor quality photo from May 2016. It appears to be of a cairn and the GPS location is some distance from any known recorded cairns - although Wedlake E1 and Wedlake E2 are not far. This is being listed as a reported cairn and only another site visit will throw more light on this. The photo has been enhanced to improve quality.
Nearby sites: SX54537740

Wedlake Farm Cairn

OS Map: SX 53893 77408
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV33612
ShortName: CN WedlakeFarm
Notes: "Small turf covered cairn, 5m diameter, 0.5m high, near centre of field". HER grid reference is 6 digit so location could be more that 100 metres out. UPDATE: The author walked along the bridal path near Wedlake Farm on 14/07/19 and a cairn was seen some distance from the HER grid reference SX 538 774 at SX 53893 77408. It seems very likely that this is the site - see photo. This record now uses the new grid reference. Now listed as "cairn" rather than "reported cairn".
Nearby sites: SX53897741

Langstone Moor S.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54836 77640
NMR record: SX 57 NW 27
HER record: MDV4117
ShortName: CN:Langston S1
Butler map: 31.19.1
Grinsell: PET 33
Notes: Newman "Fairly large, flat-topped stony cairn (18) which was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899, 970 metres south-west of the stone circle. A flat stone was found but no other material retrieved. Disturbance caused by the diggers is visible on the west side of the mound."
Nearby sites: SX54847764

Roos Tor N. Cairn

OS Map: SX 54838 77646
NMR record: SX 57 NW 27
HER record: MDV4116
Megalithic Portal: 35802
Alternate name: Langstone Moor S.2 Cairn
ShortName: CN Langston S2
Butler map: 31.19.2
Grinsell: PET 34
Notes: "Two round barrows on Peter Tavy Great Common. (A) SX54847764 A flat topped stony mound, probably a cairn, about 12m E-W by 11m transversely and of 0.6m maximum height. There is no apparent kerb and the edges are ill-defined. It is predominantly turf-covered but a small area of stones is exposed in the NW quadrant presumably the site of the 1899 excavation.(B) SX54887765 Located 45m ENE of 'A' or probable cairn visible as a turf covered mound about 5m in diameter and 0.3m high. No kerb is evident and the centre has been disturbed. The mounds are both quite prominently situated on the summit of a gently domed ridge of rough grassland which is generally devoid of surface stone." Previously listed on HER as 4120 - presumably deleted as a duplicate of 4116.
Nearby sites: SX54847765

White Tor S.S.E.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54339 78370
NMR record: SX 57 NW 10
HER record: MDV4182
ShortName: CN White SSE1
Butler map: 31.20.1
Grinsell: PET 30
Notes: "The westernmost cairn of a group of three set close together. Mound measures 11.9 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.9 metres high. A stone kerb composed of small boulders defines the outer edge of the mound. A hollow in the centre of the mound and a trench cut into the western side are probably the result of the nineteenth-century partial excavation." See DEC Report 6 1899. NMR A - see also 439759
Nearby sites: SX54347837

White Tor S.S.E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54356 78359
NMR record: SX 57 NW 10
HER record: MDV4181
ShortName: CN White SSE2
Butler map: 31.20.2
Grinsell: PET 32
Notes: "Southernmost cairn of a group of three partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This cairn measures 4.7 metres in diameter and is 0.5 metres high. Has a central hollow indicating the location of the earlier partial excavation. Forms part of a widely dispersed group of at least fourteen cairns on the southern and eastern slopes of White Tor" NMR C - see also 439759. See also DEC Report 6 1899.
Nearby sites: SX54367836

White Tor S.S.E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54355 78379
NMR record: SX 57 NW 10
HER record: MDV4180
ShortName: CN White SSE3
Butler map: 31.20.3
Grinsell: PET 31
Notes: "Northernmost cairn of a group of three. Measures 4.6 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.5 metres high. Partially excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899 and this work revealed central pits containing ashes, charcoal and flints. Centre of the mound contains a hollow indicating the location of the earlier partial excavation. Forms part of a widely dispersed group of at least fourteen cairns on the southern and eastern slopes of White Tor." NMR B - see also 439759. See also DEC Report 6 1899.
Nearby sites: SX54367838

White Tor S.S.E.4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54320 78580
NMR record: SX 57 NW 9
HER record: MDV4144
ShortName: CN?White SSE4
Butler map: 31.20.4
Grinsell: PET 23
Notes: "supposed cairn reported, but not found after considerable search. The whole slope of the hill s of the summit is covered by a clitter of bare and turf covered granite boulders, giving it a very hummocky appearance. It seems possible that one of these large turf covered bumps may have been mistaken for a cairn" ? NMR refers to Grinsell 23, see also 439750
Nearby sites: SX54327858

White Tor S.S.E.6 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54360 78200
NMR record: SX 57 NW 165
HER record: MDV4182
ShortName: CN?White SSE6
Butler map: 31.20.6
Notes: Butler SSE cairn 6. This is south of the track. Butler in the description refers to one cairn south of the track but lists two (also cairn 5). Two appear on Map 30. One of the two listed in his table of cairns is marked as excavated by the DEC, the other is not. "Yet another small cairn accompanied by some rubble banks lies closer to the river to the south-east" (to the se of the other SSE group). The author looked for this cairn on 27th May 2022 and was unable to find it. NMR SX 54397826 Butler SX 54367820
Nearby sites: SX54367820

White Tor S.S.E.5 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 54480 78250
NMR record: SX 57 NW 163
HER record: MDV4180
ShortName: CN?White SSE5
Butler map: 31.20.5
Notes: Butler SSE cairn 5. This is south of the track. Butler in the description refers to one cairn south of the track but lists two (also cairn 6). Two appear on Map 30. One of the two listed in his table of cairns is marked as excavated by the DEC, the other is not. "Yet another small cairn accompanied by some rubble banks lies closer to the river to the south-east" (to the se of the other SSE group). The author looked for this cairn on 27th May 2022 and was unable to find it. NMR SX 54517823 Butler SX 54487825
Nearby sites: SX54487825

White Tor S.S.E.7 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54688 78177
NMR record: SX 57 NW 123
HER record: MDV56606
ShortName: CN:White SSE7
Butler map: 31.20.7
Nearby sites: SX54697818

White Tor S.S.E.8 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54348 78421
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV69503
ShortName: CN White SSE8
Notes: "Small disturbed flat-topped stony mound measuring between 4.2 and 5.9 metres, lies approximately 30 metres to the north of the group of three cairns on the south slope of Whittor. Surveyed in 2003". This cairn is recored by Phil Newman in reports dated 2003 and 2018. The current author visited on 27th May 2022 and the photo is presumably the site in question. It is so runinous and amorphous that initially I was not it is just natural but it is clearly a cairn. The HER gives the NGR as SX 54345 78413 - this is at SX 54348 78421 about 8 metres to the north.
Nearby sites: SX54357842

White Tor S.S.E.9 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54360 78430
NMR: No record found
HER record: MDV69504
ShortName: CN:White SSE9
Notes: "Small cairn lying approximately 60 metres to the north-north-east of the group of three cairns on the south slope of Whittor. Although severely altered it is certainly likely to have been a cairn. Surveyed in 2003." reported by Phil Newman in survey of 2003 . On May 27th 2022 the current author was unable to locate this site although the description does suggest it is is fragmentary.
Nearby sites: SX54367843

White Tor S.S.W.1 Long Cairn

OS Map: SX 54023 78321
NMR record: SX 57 NW 12
HER record: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW1
Butler map: 31.21.1
Grinsell: PET 29a
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

Gerrard: "cairn forming part of widely dispersed group of at least 14. Cairn mound measures 15m long by 6m wide and stands up to 1m high. A shallow hollow in the northern end of the mound measures 3m long by 1.5m wide and 0.15m deep and at the southern end another hollow measuring 1.5m long by 1m wide and 0.2m deep has been identified. These hollows are probably the result of a partial excavation carried out by the dartmoor exploration committee in 1899. This work revealed a pit containing ashes and charcoal. Grinsell has suggested that this cairn is two joined mounds, but without excavation this hypothesis cannot be tested. Two other doubtful mounds have been identified in close proximity to this cairn. These may be the remnants of two further cairns excavated by the dartmoor exploration committee, though there is not sufficient visible evidence to confirm this identification"
Nearby sites: SX54027832

White Tor S.S.W.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54038 78328
NMR record: SX 57 NW 12
HER record: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW2
Butler map: 31.21.2
Grinsell: PET 29
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

This entry looked very doubtful in the field but looking again at the photograph a faint much bigger possible circular mound is apparent and consistent with a possible cairn. See also entries for Butler 1-3 (entries SiteIDs 1197, 1198, 1199).
Nearby sites: SX54047833

White Tor S.S.W.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54006 78293
NMR record: SX 57 NW 12
HER record: MDV4179
ShortName: CN White SSW3
Butler map: 31.21.3
Grinsell: PET 29b
Notes: The Dartmoor Exploration Committee (Report 6 1899) describes investigating 3 cairns in this location. The damaged remains are difficult today to interpret. Many authors suggest that the long cairn consists of two or more of these cairns. The current author visited this location on 27th May 2022 with just the knowledge that there were 3 reported cairns. I photographed a very likely cairn, namely, the long cairn (Butler 1). A semi-circular bank (Butler 3) and a faint mound around a natural rock (Butler 2). I noted at the time of the visit that both 2 and 3 are possible but doubtful cairns. I did not have the Butler account with me at the time I photographed and logged these. Looking now at Butler's account it looks like he reached the same conclusions and the entries here follow Butler with similar doubt on Butler 2 and Butler 3.

This entry is intriguing. A very clear semi-cirular bank distrupted by the path. Is it a prehistoric feature? See also entries for Butler 1-3 (entries SiteIDs 1197, 1198, 1199).
Nearby sites: SX54017829

White Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 54597 78701
NMR record: SX 57 NW 7
HER record: MDV4164
Megalithic Portal: 35804
Alternate name: White Tor E.1 Stone Ring Cairn Circle
ShortName: RC White E1
Butler map: 31.22.1
Grinsell: PET 24
Turner: A26
Notes: See also duplicate 439800. Turner A26. Butler White Tor E.1. "Round cairn 340 metres east of White Tor summit. This monument includes a round cairn situated on a gentle south-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The cairn mound measures 6m in diameter and stands up to 0.4m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound measuring 3m in diameter and 0.3m deep is the result of a partial excavation carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1899. This work recovered a perforated stone. A kerb of small stones defines the outer edge of the mound."
Nearby sites: SX54607870

White Tor Long Cairn E.2 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54606 78667
NMR record: SX 57 NW 7
HER record: MDV4163
ShortName: CN:White E2
Butler map: 31.22.2
Grinsell: PET 25
Notes: Long cairn - formerly thought to be two separate cairns. Pet 25 & Pet 26 (HER 4163 & 12793)
Nearby sites: SX54617867

White Tor E.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 54600 78660
NMR record: SX 57 NW 7
HER record: MDV12793
ShortName: CN:White E3
Butler map: 31.22.3
Grinsell: PET 26
Notes: Long cairn - formerly thought to be two separate cairns. Pet 25 & Pet 26 (HER 4163 & 12793). See SiteID=1201 HER(4163)
Nearby sites: SX54607866

Langstone Moor Cist

OS Map: SX 54699 78695
NMR record: SX 57 NW 6
HER record: MDV4118
Megalithic Portal: 35807
PMD: White Tor E.
Alternate name: White Tor E.4 Cist
ShortName: CT White E4
Butler map: 31.22.4
Butler Vol 5: p.174 & Fig.114
DPD page: 13
Grinsell: PET 27
Barrow Report: 55
Notes: Butler White Tor E.4. Vol. 2. Map 31.22 (diagram Vol. 5. p.174).
Nearby sites: SX54707870

White Tor N.W.1 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53725 79009
NMR record: SX 57 NW 1
HER record: MDV4139
ShortName: CN White NW1
Butler map: 31.23.1
Grinsell: PET 20
Notes: "An oval, flat-topped cairn set on a gently sloping natural plateau of rough grassland with panoramic views in most directions. It is constructed of consolidated small stones and is now predominantly turf-covered. It measures 9m E-W by 8m transversely and is 0.7m high on the N (downhill) side and 0.3m on the S (uphill) side. Only two contiguous earthfast stones of the probable kerb are now evident on the N side. The excavation trench which lies E-W centrally across the cairn is about 1m wide; a second, faint trench is visible at right angles"
Nearby sites: SX53737901

Cudlipptown Down Embanked Cairn Circle

OS Map: SX 53732 78949
NMR record: SX 57 NW 52
HER record: MDV13252
Megalithic Portal: 45608
Alternate name: White Tor N.W.2 Embanked Cairn Circle
ShortName: CC White NW2
Butler map: 31.23.2
Butler Vol 5: p.188 & Fig.130
Grinsell: PET 21
Turner: B5
Notes: "A ring cairn set at the eastern end of a natural gently sloping plateau of rough grassland generally devoid of stones. It measures about 11m diameter inside a turf-covered bank, composed generally of smallish stones, which is about 2.2m wide and has a maximum height of 0.4m on the E. It has been mutilated and spread in the south-east and the west. Several stones, are evident, two probably set in the inner face but the rest are apparently part of the bank of even part of the outer face. Two in the east on the uphill side appear to form an entrance but this is possibly due to mutilation. The interior appears to have been levelled and is 0.2m above the ground to the W. There is no evidence of any internal features or a ditch"
Nearby sites: SX53737895

White Tor N.W.3 Cairn

OS Map: SX 53773 78847
NMR record: SX 57 NW 91
HER record: MDV28516
ShortName: CN:White NW3
Butler map: 31.23.3
Notes: "A cairn is situated at the nw extremity of a plateau. The cairn is in poor condition and measures 3.4m x 2.5m and 0.3m high. A reave passes the cairn at a distance of 4m and it is possible that the stones represent gathering for the reave construction or even clearance though there is no defined field system in the area ". Current author was unable to find this cairn on visit on 27th May 2022. There does seem to be something on satellite imagery. For a time this record had a Lat & Lon that converts to SX 58390 64590 which is 94 metres away to the North east - whether thi swas the feature seen on staellite was not recorded. I have rolled back to the HER grid reference.
Nearby sites: SX53777885

White Tor N.W.4 Reported Cairn

OS Map: SX 53780 79133
NMR record: SX 57 NW 91
HER record: MDV56603
ShortName: CN:White NW4
Butler map: 31.23.3
Notes: A small cairn attached to the side of a reave oriented E to W (see SX 57 NW 85), and situated on a slight slope on Cudlipptown Down. It measures 2.8m N to S by 2.5m and is 0.5m high. It is composed of medium sized stones (up to 0.2m diameter) now partly turf-covered.

Formerly marked as a duplicate of White Tor N.W.3 MDV28516 but that has a grid reference 300 metres away so probably an error. It is now presumed to be a separate unique feature.
Nearby sites: SX53787913