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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1015755) describes a cist on a north-facing slope above the Langcombe Brook. It is a stone-lined pit 0.72 metres long, 0.5 metres wide and 0.3 metres deep, aligned east to west, standing 0.15 metres above the present ground. No mound shows, though one may survive buried under the deep peat. It lies in the parish of Shaugh Prior, about 1.2 km south of Calveslake Tor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1015755, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 153.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1015755)
- Grid reference: SX 6087 6641 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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