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Summary

A cairn containing a cist on the gentle north-facing slope of Langridge measures 5.2 metres in diameter and has a maximum height of 0.5 metres. The centrally situated cist is now about 0.9 metres square and 0.3 metres deep and may have originally been rectangular.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017868: A cairn cemetery on Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/28
• Pastscape: 443714

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIST (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• CAIRN (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950-1953, SX68NW14, Plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV239054.

Cist in vague barrow. Two end stones in position, north-weastern one leaning inwards. South-western side stone is upright, north-eastern side is composed of two stones, one of normal composition a flat rectangular stone leaning inwards. The other is a rough stone. Coverstone lies to the north-west. Cist is contained in a vague barrow, which is heather covered.
Cist measures 0.8 metres by 0.8 metres by 0.5 metres deep. Barrow is 5.0 metres in diameter, 0.3 metres high. (18/8/1950)

Grinsell, L. V., 1978, Dartmoor Barrows, 139, 30/7/1976 (Article in Serial). SDV273224.

Cairn enclosing cist, nearly square, placed probably south-east by north-west, capstone to north-north-west. Diameter 5.5 metres, 0.3 metres high.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Not visible on Royal Air Force 1947 aerial photographs.

Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Cairns on Long Ridge, Gidleigh (Report - Survey). SDV239056.

SX6440 8625. A cairn containing a cist on the gentle north-facing slope of Langridge measures 5.2 metres in diameter and has a maximum height of 0.5 metres. The centrally situated cist is now about 0.9 metres square and 0.3 metres deep and may have originally been rectangular. Orientated north-weast by south-east or north-east by south-west it is completely stone-lined though only the south-east stone seems to be intact and upright. Embedded in the north-west side of the cairn is the coverstone, an irregular slab circa 1 metre square.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Cairn is recorded on the modern mapping, although only depicted with a point.

Sources / Further Reading

• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950-1953. SX68NW14. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. Plan.
• Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Cairns on Long Ridge, Gidleigh. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #92026 ]
• Article in Serial: Grinsell, L. V.. 1978. Dartmoor Barrows. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 36. A5 Paperback. 139, 30/7/1976.
• Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
• Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2016. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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