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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1021328) describes a cairnfield and field on a south-east-facing slope above the valley of the East Dart River. The cairnfield has two clusters of four cairns each, circular or oval, averaging 0.4 metres high. The field is an irregular area bounded by a rubble wall 2 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. It lies in the parish of Dartmoor Forest, about 0.6 km east of Braddon Tor and 2.2 km west of Postbridge.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1021328, which cites the National Monuments Record monument report SX 67 NW 223 (2003).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1021328)
- Grid reference: SX 6290 7982 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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