Langcombe (S) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist
Photo taken on 17-07-2016
Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists
OS Map: SX 60866 66155
OS Source: Garmin
HER record: 5128
Megalithic Portal: 45729
PMD: Langcombe Brook 6
Alternate name: Langcombe Brook 6
Short Name: CT Langcombe S
Butler map: 50.3.6
Dixon Cist #: 53
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 19
Turner: E23
DPD page: 47
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Barrow Report: 50 52
Dimensions (m): 5.5 x 0.3 C
Lidar: SX60876616
Notes: "A cist, lying a little over 590 yds south west of Grim's Grave, within a flat topped cairn. Cist has two sides and the south end stone are in place and the cover stone rests in part over the cist". Lethbridge p.47 Langcombe Cist J - diagram p.43. Butler Langcombe Brook 6 (Cairn 6) - Vol. 3. Map 50.3 (pp.148-54 general plan of Langcombe Brook cairns p.151, diagram of Langcombe cists p.153).
Nearby sites: SX60876616
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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.
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 50, T.D.A. Vol.63 pp.81-82 (1931)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 52, T.D.A. Vol.65 pp.83-85 (1933)