Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX55747811
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About the database: The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. The database is in early stages of development but now has over 400 records. The data is structured to try to minimise duplication but there are separate entries for all stone rows - so row associated structures such as menhirs and cairn circles will have duplicate entries. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.
NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - if they are sites that are very close together then zooming in may separate them.
Langstone Moor Stone Circle
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX55657820
NMR record: SX 57 NE 13
PMD: Langstone Moor Stone Circle
Notes: Turner G10. 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.
Nearby sites: SX55657820
Distance: 0.13km
Langstone Moor Stone Row
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX55027886
NMR record: SX 57 NE 18
PMD: Langstone Moor I Stone Row
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."
Nearby sites: SX55027886
Distance: 1.04km
Langstone Moor Standing Stone
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX55027879
NMR record: SX 57 NE 18
PMD: Langstone Moor Standing Stone
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.
Nearby sites: SX55027879
Distance: 0.99km
Langstone Moor Cist
OS Map: SX54697869
NMR record: SX 57 NW 6
PMD: White Tor E
Notes: Dixon #65. Bar Rep. 55. Butler White Tor E.4. Vol. 2. Map 31.22 (diagram Vol. 5. p.174). Grinsell PETER TAVY 27.
Nearby sites: SX54697869
Distance: 1.2km
Langstone Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX54847792
NMR record: SX 57 NW 112
Notes: Turner A22. A semi-circular bank, possible remains of a ring cairn.
Nearby sites: SX54847792
Distance: 0.92km
Langstone Moor 2 Cist
OS Map: SX55747811
NMR record: SX 57 NE 43
PMD: Near Langstone Moor Stone circle
Notes: Butler Langstone Moor 2 - Vol. 2. Map 30.10. 129 Grinsell PETER TAVY 39. The cist is now housed in the Plymouth City Museum.
Nearby sites: SX55747811
Distance: 0km
White Tor Stone Ring Cairn Circle
OS Map: SX54597870
NMR record: SX 57 NW 7
Notes: Turner A26.
Nearby sites: SX54597870
Distance: 1.29km
White Tor (Whittor) Neolithic Enclosure
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: White Tor Fort
OS Map: SX54237867
NMR record: SX 57 NW 8
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
Nearby sites: SX54237867
Distance: 1.61km