Langstone Moor 1 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55732 78117
OS Source: HER
Butler OS: SX55747811
HER: MDV4594
Alternate name: Langstone Moor 1
Short Name: CN:Langstone 1
Butler map: 30.10.1
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 40
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.3
Lidar: SX 55732 78117
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (4.0 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 55732 78117
Notes
HER: Round cairn measures 5.3 metres in diameter and stands up to 0.3 metres high. Traces of a kerb are visible around the outer edge of the mound. Excavations carried out by the Dartmoor Barrow Committee revealed a pit cut into the subsoil, but no artefacts.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Fifth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.30 pp.97-115 (1898)
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, English Heritage (2003)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)