Langstone Moor Stone Row

Nearest town:
Tavistock (8km WSW)
OS reference:
SX550788
OS sheets:
191, 201
Latitude:
50° 35' 25 N
Longitude:
4° 2' 55.38 W
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Image of Langstone Moor Stone Row by GLADMAN

I’m assuming this is the rest of the row? .... correct me if I’m wrong because it is not exactly obvious.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014
Image of Langstone Moor Stone Row by GLADMAN

The (apparent) Bronze Age enclosure of White Tor rises beyond with its enigmatic tor cairns.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014
Image of Langstone Moor Stone Row by GLADMAN

The White Tor enclosure can be seen extreme far right....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Apr 26, 2014
Image of Langstone Moor Stone Row by RedBrickDream

A view of the terminal stone with evidence of damage caused by its use in target practice on the Merrivale firing range

Image credit: Craig Gurney July 2004
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RedBrickDream Aug 6, 2004
Image of Langstone Moor Stone Row by RedBrickDream

Looking south along the row towards the tall terminal stone (in the distance on the right), the Circle and Great Mis Tor (left background)

Image credit: Craig Gurney July 2004
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RedBrickDream Aug 6, 2004

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Langstone Moor Stone Row

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RedBrickDream Aug 6, 2004

It’s easy to miss this row. Granted the standing stone’s a whopper. But, on arriving you could miss the row altogether and wander like fools around the area to the north of the stone until you notice a 300 foot line of stumpy stones poking up through the grass and moss with the line ending at the standing stone (I speak from bitter experience). I don’t ever recall seeing such an “unbalanced” arrangement and wonder if the standing stone was added much later. Petit (Prehistoric Dartmoor 1974: 131) reports that the row was “discoverd” in 1893 by Baring Gould. The 9 foot terminal stone was re-erected the follwing year by order of the Duke of Bedford but was used for target practice during WW2. Shell-marks are clearly visible in the photograps posted below.

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