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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010656) describes a cairn with a cist on gently sloping ground north of the River Plym, south-west of the complex of stone alignments and cairns at Drizzlecombe. The cairn is 5 metres across and up to 0.4 metres high. The side and end slabs of the cist are there but the cover stone is missing. The cist is 1.4 metres long, 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres deep. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 0.6 km east of Eastern Tor and 3.2 km east of Sheepstor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1010656, which cites Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX56NE-050 (1990).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010656)
- Grid reference: SX 5903 6671 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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