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Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor

England
List entry 1007897
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007897
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.2 hectares
Grid reference
SX 55020 78790
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Langstone Moor in Devon. The site comprises a round cairn associated with a stone alignment, representing the ritual and burial practices of the Bronze Age communities who inhabited Dartmoor and its surroundings. The monument dates to the second millennium BC, a period when such cairns served as burial structures for the dead, often accompanied by alignments of standing stones that may have held ceremonial significance. The physical remains survive as evidence of prehistoric settlement and religious practice on the moorland landscape.

Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007897. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor?

Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Langstone Moor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007897.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor?

Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007897.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 340m ESE of Norsworthy Bridge (9.7 km), Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge (9.9 km), Round cairn 100m south of Down Tor (10 km).

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Monuments
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn 340m ESE of Norsworthy Bridge
9.7 km
Middleworth farmstead, 450m south east of Norsworthy Bridge
9.9 km
Round cairn 100m south of Down Tor
10 km
Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor
10 km
Two stone hut circles 160m south of Down Tor
10 km
Stone hut circle 240m south of Down Tor
10.1 km
A 350m length of reave on Hingston Hill, 470m NNW of Combshead Tor
10.2 km
Round cairn and later tin prospecting pits 615m ESE of Down Tor
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor

Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor stands on Teign Valley Group, bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor

ExeterRoman town · ~24.4 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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