MEM23195 - 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 77176 42317. A linear clearance cairn or stony bank up to 8 metres long, 3 metres wide and 0.1 metre high, aligned northnorthwest to southsoutheast. Several stones up to 0.5 metres on their longer sides are visible within the feature, which forms part of the Bronze Age field system MSO7102. [1,2]