MEM23225 - Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Lanacombe (Monument)

As part of the Exmoor Mires Project, Cornwall Council Historic Environment Service were contracted to undertake a non-intrustive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Lanacombe, which included this site. Visible was an irregular stony area up to 10 metres across, possibly representing a spread prehistoric clearance cairn. [1] The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project undertook a non-intrustive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Lanacombe, which included this site. Noted was an irregular stony area c. 10 metres across. This coincides with a vegetation change and is possibly a spread prehistoric clearance cairn, although it could also have a natural origin. [2]