Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010779) describes a cairn on the gentle north-west slope of Homerton Hill, overlooking the valley of the West Okement River. It is oval, 5.9 metres long, 3.9 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high, and forms an outlying part of a cairnfield. Other cairns, an enclosure and a bank lie close by and are scheduled separately.
The record says the cairn may contain burials, but it belongs to a group that most likely represents stone cleared for cultivation.
Crossing describes Homerton Hill as rising from the right bank of the West Okement, above Meldon Gorge.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010779, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX59SE58, 1982) and fieldwork by S. Gerrard for the Monuments Protection Programme. The Homerton Hill sentence is from Crossing, A Hundred Years on Dartmoor (1902).
Period: Bronze Age
Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010779)
Grid reference: SX 5621 9054 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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