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| HER Number: | MDV12813 |
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| Name: | Peat stack on Langstone Moor |
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Summary
Previously thought to have been a barrow. Redefined as a peat stack in the 1990s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 551 779 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439658
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/61
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PEAT STAND? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275754.
Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)179. Vis=-/8/1976 (grinsell) probable peat stack.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275755.
Tda/31(1899)153.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275752.
Os 6" 1954. 'tumulus' shown on os 6" map.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NE31 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV275753.
Osa=sx57ne31. Vis=11/9/1978 (os) not visible.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF verticals.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(-/-/1995) Considered under MPP, but not recommended for scheduling because probably a peat stack.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Table 3 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
Confirmed as peaty mounds; not antiquities.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV275752 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV275753 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX57NE31. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV275754 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV275755 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. Table 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4121 | Part of: Peat stacks on Langstone Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12812 | Related to: Peat stack on Langstone Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12814 | Related to: Peat stack on Langstone Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 10:51AM |
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