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Submitted by Anne T on Monday, 10 October 2016  Page Views: 1562

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Langcombe South Alternative Name: Butler Langcombe Brook 6 (Cairn 6 V3 50.3); Turner E23; Langcombe Brook 6
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Plymouth  Nearest Village: Whiteworks
Map Ref: SX6086666155
Latitude: 50.478653N  Longitude: 3.962303W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5
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Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Anne T : The Langcombe South cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn with cist in Devon

Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website as the Langcombe (S) Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, PDW tells us this is: "a cist, lying a little over 590 yds south west of Grim's Grave, within a flat topped cairn. Cist has two sides and the south end stone are in place and the cover stone rests in part over the cist". Also see their webpage for the Guide to the Langcombe Brook & Deadman's Bottom Cists.

Further information can also be found on the Pastscape website, see Monument Number 441664, which describes this as a cairn and cist dating to the Bronze Age. They add that the cairn sits at the head of a gully which runs down to the Langcombe Brook, on a gentle north east slope at 440m OD.

This site is also recorded as MDV5128 (Cairn with a cist near the head of a southern tributary of Langcombe Brook) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1012286 (Cairn with a cist near the head of a southern tributary of Langcombe Brook).
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Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup : Langcombe South Cairn and Cist - SX6086666155 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup : Langcombe South Cairn and Cist - SX6086666155, Showing a couple of the cairns remaining kerbstones

Langcombe South
Langcombe South submitted by Bladup : Langcombe South Cairn and Cist - SX6086666155

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 257m N 0° Langcombe Brook 5* Cairn (SX6087566412)
 415m ENE 66° Langcombe Brook 4* Cairn (SX6125166313)
 457m NE 53° Grim’s Grave* Cairn (SX61246642)
 571m N 10° Deadman's Bottom E* Cairn (SX6098466714)
 582m N 8° Deadman's Bottom D* Cairn (SX60966673)
 757m NNW 337° Langcombe Brook Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX60596686)
 885m NNW 348° Deadman's Bottom Cists* Cairn (SX6071167027)
 888m NNW 348° Deadman's Bottom Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX60716703)
 890m NNE 20° Deadman's Bottom F* Cairn (SX61206698)
 905m NW 326° Langcombe Brook 7* Cist (SX60386692)
 1.0km NNW 333° Plym Steps* Cairn (SX60426710)
 1.1km WSW 254° Hentor 7* Cist (SX59816588)
 1.2km WSW 247° Hentor A* Cairn (SX59706570)
 1.3km WSW 251° Hentor Warren* Cairn (SX5963265777)
 1.3km WSW 256° Hentor C.* Cairn (SX5960065874)
 1.3km NNW 328° Lower Hartor tor settlement.* Ancient Village or Settlement (SX602673)
 1.3km WSW 253° Hentor B* Cairn (SX5956765806)
 1.4km WNW 292° Giant's Hill East* Cist (SX5958766717)
 1.4km N 359° Calveslake* Cairn (SX60886756)
 1.4km WNW 298° Giant's Hill North Cairn* Cairn (SX59626687)
 1.5km W 274° Shavercombe Pound Ancient Village or Settlement (SX59366629)
 1.5km WSW 255° Hentor Cairn Circle* Cairn (SX5937265801)
 1.5km WNW 291° Giant's Hill West* Cist (SX59446675)
 1.6km WNW 288° Giant's hill cairn* Cairn (SX59316670)
 1.7km WSW 253° Hentor 1* Cist (SX59256572)
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Re: Langcombe South by Bladup on Sunday, 01 June 2025
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This sitepage has the wrong map reference it should be - SX6086666155 (as it is on Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, Where the photo of it is from), My 2 misplaced photo's on here from 2017 of Langcombe Brook 4 should be moved to the correct site (of Langcombe Brook 4) and the text on them needs changing to Langcombe Brook 4 please - www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=14929 Thanks in advance to whoever does this for me
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