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Dartmoor Site: Laughtor Man Standing Stone

Laughtor Man Standing Stone

Laughtor Man Standing Stone

Photo taken on 15-05-2010

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65223 75389
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV6001
Megalithic Portal: 2017
PMD: Laugh Tor Man
Alternate name: Laughtor Man
Short Name: SS Laughtor
Butler map: 28.12
Butler Vol 5: p.215 & Fig.149
DPD page: 122
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Dimensions (m): 2.4
Lidar: SX 65223 75389
Nearby sites: SX 65223 75389

Notes

The longstone is 2.4 m high and was found prostrate on a cairn which was excavated by Burnard. The cairn contained "a great quantity of charcoal and peat ashes". The longstone was restored in 1903. A double stone row heads to the longstone. See also, Legendary Dartmoor: The Prehistoric Complex of Laughter Tor

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.

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