<< Our Photo Pages >> The Langstone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The LangstoneCountry: England County: Devon Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Tavistock Nearest Village: Peter Tavy
Map Ref: SX55027873
Latitude: 50.590249N Longitude: 4.049535W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Catrinm visited on 13th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Great stone associated with the nearby circle and stone row. Interesting different angles
graemefield visited on 4th Jan 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 6th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 Car parking is available at SX 52178 77879. From the car park follow the track leading eastward. This one is a bit of slog, pretty much all uphill for over 3kms. The row is situated just inside the Merrivale military live firing range and it is important that you check that there is no firing and that the range is open for visitors. It’s a long way to go to find you can’t visit.
TheCaptain cazzyjane have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 2.33
The stone is fairly recognisable from its distinctive, almost lightning strike shape, and it is about 0.7m wide and up to 0.5m thick. It stands at an altitude of 438 metres.
What at first look to be possible cup marks in the stone are in fact bullet wounds the poor thing has suffered, it having been used as a target during training in the build up to D-Day, during the Second World War. Despite the damage the bullets have caused, I have to say that it gives the stone some character, and is a sign of yet more history the stone has been witness to.
This stone is fairly straightforwards to reach, although it involves a walk of about 3 km each way. The obvious way is to walk east along the Lich Way from parking at Godsworthy, past White Tor.
Update November 2019: This standing stone is recorded as part of Pastscape Monument No. 439621, which also includes information about the stone row, as MDV4225 (Standing Stone on Langstone Moor) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1007897 (Stone alignment and round cairn on Langstone Moor).
The stone also features on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website - see their entries for the Langstone Moor Standing Stone and the Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Stone Row & Settlements.
More information can also be found on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website's entry for the Langstone Moor stone row, where this stone marks the southern end of the row. The SRoGB adds: "The Langstone denotes the southern end of the row. It is significantly larger than any of the other stones and was used as a target for small arms fire during the Second World War. The hollows in its surface are the consequence of this activity are not cup marks".
Please note, the Langstone is in the Merrivale live firing range, you will need to check the range open times beforehand. Also beware before walking off from here to the Langstone moor stone circle on a direct route. The nasty Langstone Mire lies in between.
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