Laughtor Man Standing Stone
Photo taken on 15-05-2010
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Laughter Tor Stone Row
OS Map: SX 65223 75389
OS Source: Google
HER record: 6001
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: SX65227539
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
Nearby sites: SX65227539
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References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER record. For some records there are very good resources on the Prehistoric Monuments of Dartmoor (PMD) website by Bill Radcliffe. Barrow reports are linked above as are references to Butler, Grinsell and Turner.
- Burnard, Robert, Twenty Seventh Report of the Committee on Scientific Memoranda, T.D.A. Vol.46 p.172 pp.69-72 (1946)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 22, T.D.A. Vol.35 pp. (1903)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 23, T.D.A. Vol.36 pp. (1904)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Dartmoor Menhirs, T.D.A. Vol.72 pp.191-200 (1940)