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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1021428) describes a ring cairn on a gentle south-west-facing slope above the Walla Brook. It is a flat-topped circular mound 5.5 metres across and up to 0.4 metres high. Three edge-set upright stones round the south edge are the remains of a kerb that may survive buried elsewhere, and a flat stone showing through the turf in the south part of the mound may be a displaced cist cover. It lies in the parish of Widecombe in the Moor, about 1.6 km east of Bellever.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1021428, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 5, The Second Millennium BC (1997), page 171.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1021428)
- Grid reference: SX 6709 7750 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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