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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1012280) describes a cairn just west of an enclosure south-west of Gutter Tor. It is 9 metres across and 0.3 metres high round its edge and flat in the middle. It is reported to have had a central cist, but none can be seen, and the site may have been partly disturbed when the nearby wall was built. The cairn lies 80 metres south-east of a cist and within a few hundred metres of other cairns. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 0.9 km west of Eastern Tor and 1.9 km south-east of Sheepstor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1012280, which cites Grinsell, Dartmoor Barrows (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 36, 1978), page 166, and the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX56NE-011.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012280)
- Grid reference: SX 5764 6675 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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