Langstone Moor Stone Ring Cairn Circle
Photo taken on 16-08-2025
Photo 25/06/2018
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements
OS Map: SX 54843 77922
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV48862
Megalithic Portal: 45833
Alternate name: Langstone Moor
Short Name: RC Langstone
Turner: A22
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 6.9
Lidar: SX 54843 77922
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (3.5 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 54843 77922
Notes
HER: 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.The author visited this site on 25/06/2018. A semi circular group of periglacial mounds can indeed be seen. The author on that occasion concluded that what appears to be a ring cairn is in fact simply the natural arrangement of the mounds. Re-visited on 13/08/2025 and 16/08/2025 and the appearance looked very much like a ring cairn. This feature is also listed by some authors as Mortar Emplacement 12.
Newman (2022): A semi-circular bank of small and medium sized stones on open moorland overlooking Colly Brook. A possible damaged ring cairn.
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.
- 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 (2022), Southwest Landscape Investigations (2022)
- Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)