MEM23201 - Possible 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. SS 78565 42516. A low mound 3 metres in diameter and up to 0.1 metre high. Stone was detected within the vegetation covered mound by probing. [1] The visit was followed by a further survey undertaken by The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project. It was agreed that this may be a prehistoric clearance cairn, but suggested that it could also have a natural origin. [2]