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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1019268) describes four cairns on a gentle east-facing slope of Holne Lee, above the valley of the River Dart. The scheduling falls into four areas. The northern is a ring cairn, a rubble bank 1.8 metres wide and 0.4 metres high round a space 4.8 metres across. A short way south-west is a second ring cairn, a bank 4 metres wide and 0.8 metres high round a space 12.5 metres across. The southernmost is a mound 19 metres across and 1.3 metres high, and north of it is a stony mound 5 metres across and 0.3 metres high. Hollows and trenches cut into all four show they were investigated early, with no record of it. It lies in the parish of Holne, about 2.2 km south-west of Hockinston Tor and 1.4 km north-west of Michelcombe.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1019268, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX66NE24, 25, 118 and 129).
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1019268)
- Grid reference: SX 6858 6986 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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