Langstone Moor 9 Peat Stack
Photo taken on 25-07-2026
Database entries
OS Map: SX 55246 78024
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV12812
Alternate name: Langstone Moor 9
Short Name: CN Langstone 9
Grinsell: List B Peter Tavy 40b
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Grinsell
Hut Class: No
Lidar: SX 55246 78024
Guide Map: 24
Nearest Bus Stop: Merrivale Dartmoor Inn (3.8 km) [Route: 98,171(20/07/26 to 19/09/26)]
Nearby sites: SX 55246 78024
Notes
Previously thought to have been a barrow. Redefined as a peat stack in the 1990s.Author visited 26/07/2026. The feature is consistent with being a peat stack.
Newman (2022):Peaty mounds - not antiquities.
NB. Formerly listed here named as Langstone Moor (PET 40b) Clearance Cairn
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.
- 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)