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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1018909) describes a round cairn on a slope above a small valley cut by an unnamed tributary of the East Okement River. It is 9.8 metres across and up to 0.7 metres high, with a pit in the middle from robbing or a partial early excavation. It lies in the parish of Okehampton Hamlets, about 0.8 km north of Hart Tor and 2.5 km south-west of Belstone.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1018909, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 215.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1018909)
- Grid reference: SX 6012 9190 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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