Deadmans Bottom D Platform Cairn Circle and Cist

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists
OS Map: SX 6095 6673
OS Source: Butler
Butler OS: SX60956673
HER: MDV5086
HER 2026 URL: MDV5086
Megalithic Portal: 45731
PMD: Deadman's Bottom S 10
Alternate name: Langcombe Brook 10
Short Name: CT:Deadmans D
Butler map: 50.3.10
Dixon Cist #: 55
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 10
Turner: E44
DPD page: 45
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Hut Class: No
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 53
Dimensions (m): 0.8 x 0.7 C
Lidar: SX 6095 6673
Guide Map: 50
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (7.9 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 6095 6673

Notes

"The cairn is 5m in diameter by 0.3m high with a retaining kerb on its northern side. The cist is 0.8m long by 0.7m wide." NGR from Butler, formerly listed here as SX 6096 6673.

Cist (listed as 'D' by Worth) found at Deadman's Bottom Langcombe, by Mr Button. Internal dimensions, length 3 feet 8 inches, width 2 feet. "The stones are barely visible above grass level. The cover stone is missing." Lethbridge p.45 Langcombe Cist E - diagram p.43. Butler Langcombe Brook Cairn 10 - Vol. 3. Map 50.3 (pp.148-54 general plan of Langcombe Brook cairns p.151, diagram of Langcombe cists p.153).

This record has for years used a grid reference that originated with the HER record. The author is reviewing (Oct 2026) the grid references for Butler originating records not found especially where the grid reference used is different to that stated by Butler. Repeatedly looking for a feature at an inaccurate location could explain failure to find it.

The NGR for this record has been rolled back to Butler shifting it 10 metres to the west. It was formerly located at SX 6096 6673 which originated from the HER when the record was compiled. The NGR stated on the HER has also since changed back to the Butler grid reference.

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.

• Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.3: The South-West, (1994)
• Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
• Lethbridge, William D., Discover Preshistoric Dartmoor, (2015)
• Turner, J.R., Ring Cairns, stone circles and related monuments on Dartmoor, D.A.S.P. No.48 pp.27-86 (1990)
• Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 53, T.D.A. Vol.66 pp.39-42 (1934)
• Worth, R.N., Barrow Report 12, T.D.A. Vol.22 pp.49-52 (1890)