MEM23198 - 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 77205 42377. A spread of stones 2 metres in diameter in a waterlogged area at the downslope end of a low, apparently natural ridge. Two stones are exposed and others were located by probing. The feature is most likely a clearance cairn of prehistoric date and forms part of the field system MSO7102. [1,2]