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| HER Number: | MDV12814 |
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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 551 778 |
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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/62
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PEAT STAND? (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275857.
Os 6" 1954. 'tumulus' marked on os 6" map.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275858.
Osa=sx57ne31. Vis=11/9/1978 (os) not visible. Many 'vague amorphous mounds'.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275859.
Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978)179. Vis=-/8/1976 (grinsell) probable peat stack.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275860.
Tda/31(1899)153.
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 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
Confirmed as peaty mounds; not antiquities.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 23/08/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
Two barrow-like mounds lie in boggy ground about halfway between the barrows on the ridge between Wedlake Combe and the Walkham Valley (SX 57 NW 27) and the Langstone stone circle (SX 57 NE 13). One was cut through and consisted entirely of peaty soil without any stones. They did not appear to be barrows but the workmen did not consider them to be the remains of old peat stacks (T Devon Ass 31 1899 153).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV275857 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV275858 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV275859 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV275860 | 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. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 23/08/2021. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4121 | Part of: Peat stacks on Langstone Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12813 | Related to: Peat stack on Langstone Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12812 | 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 10:52AM |
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