MEM23182 - Prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)

As part of the Exmoor Mires Project, in 2013 Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service were contracted to undertake a non-intrusive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Lanacombe, which included this site. The visit was followed by a further survey undertaken by The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project. SS 77171 42329. A low mound measures 5 to 6 metres in diameter and up to 0.15 metres high. Four stones are visible, the largest measuring approximately 0.25 metres on its longer visible side. The feature is most likely a clearance cairn of prehistoric date, associated with MSO7102, a field system of possible Bronze Age date. [1,2]