MEM23186 - 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 77301 42331. A spread of stones measuring approximately 4 metres in diameter and up to 0.2 metres high, with a concentration of stones forming a small mound on the southwest quadrant. The feature is most likely a clearance cairn of prehistoric date and forms part of MSO7102, a field system of possible Bronze Age date. [1,2]