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Longash Wood
Merrivale, Tavistock, Devon
Grid ref: SX 5460 7414 Find this on the Map Reference Finder
Longash Wood clothes the steep east bank of the River Walkham below Hucken Tor, in the parish of Walkhampton, a short walk from Merrivale and its famous prehistoric stone rows. The wood takes its name from Longash, a farm on the moor above it reached by the Longash Leat, which runs from the Merrivale stone rows to the farm; the adjoining open moorland, Longash Common, carries three further stone alignments and a stone circle that form part of the wider Merrivale ceremonial complex (Historic England scheduled monument 1013429), listed separately as Stone circle, Longash Common and Three stone alignments, Longash Common . Two granite tors carry the Longash name but are easily confused. It was known to Dartmoor letterboxers from around 1996, when Tim Jenkinson set up a stamp there, though the name itself was not formally recorded until 2013.
- Grid reference: SX 5459 7414 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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