Langstone Reave Reported Cairn
Photo taken on 25-07-2026
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5494 7884
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV49510
Alternate name: Langstone Reave
Short Name: CN LangReave
Grinsell: PETER TAVY 28
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Cairn Class: Maybe
Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.9
Lidar: SX 5494 7884
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (4.8 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 5494 7884
Notes
Remains of a turf covered cairn which is in a very mutilated condition due to the construction of a cart track through itNewman (2022): A mound was recorded built into the reave at Langstone Moor. Doubtful.
Formerly listed here under the name of Langstone, W of (PET 28).
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.
- Baring-Gould, Sabine, Second Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, T.D.A. Vol.27 pp.81-92 (1895)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)
- Newman, Phil, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, English Heritage (2003)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area (2018), Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)
- Newman, Phil, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area (2022), Southwest Landscape Investigations (2022)