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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007644) describes a ring cairn on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Lyd. It is a circular bank 2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high around an inner area 13 metres across. A gap 3 metres wide in the west side of the bank may be the result of partial robbing. It lies in the parish of LCPs of Bridestowe and Sourton, about 0.9 km south-west of Gren Tor and 2.9 km south of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007644, which cites Darvill, Single Monument Class Description: Ring Cairns (1989), and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
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