Langcombe Brook 5 Cist
Database entries
PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists
OS Map: SX 60878 66421
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV5129
Megalithic Portal: 45767
PMD: Langcombe Brook 5
Alternate name: Langcombe Brook 5
Short Name: CT:Langcombe 5
Butler map: 50.3.5
Dixon Cist #: 110
Grinsell: SHAUGH PRIOR 17
DPD page: 46
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cist Class: Yes
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 1.4 x 0.6 C
Lidar: SX 60878 66421
Nearest Bus Stop: Lee Moor Clearview (5.8 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 60878 66421
Notes
"Two end stones and two side stones are in position but the coverstone is missing. The tops of the stones are at ground level Length of N side stone 1.4m, S side stone 1m, W end stone 0.6m, and E end stone 0.5m. Present depth of cist is 0.3m." Lethbridge p.46 Langcombe Cist I - diagram p.43. Butler Langcombe Brook 5 (Cairn 5) - Vol. 3. Map 50.3 (pp.148-54 general plan of Langcombe Brook cairns p.151, diagram of Langcombe cists p.153).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)