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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010777) describes a cairn at the outer edge of a cairnfield on a gentle north-west-facing slope of Homerton Hill, above the West Okement River. Other cairns, an enclosure and a bank nearby have their own schedulings. The mound is 4 metres across and up to 0.7 metres high, with a shallow hollow in the middle that suggests robbing or early partial excavation. It may hold a burial, but it belongs to a group that most likely represents stone cleared for cultivation. It lies in the parish of Okehampton Hamlets, about 0.8 km north-east of Shelstone Tor and 2.8 km east of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010777, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX59SE58, 1982) and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010777)
- Grid reference: SX 5617 9050 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: Cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
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