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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007537) describes a round cairn and stone cist on a gentle north-facing slope above the Walla Brook. The mound is flat-topped, 9 metres across and up to 0.5 metres high. A hollow in the middle suggests earlier robbing or partial excavation, and in the hollow, on the south side, is a stone cist. The two end stones and the southern side stone are still where they were placed. It lies in the parish of Peter Tavy, about 0.8 km south-west of Doe Tor and 2.6 km east of Lydford.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007537, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol 2 (1991), page 107, and Grinsell, Dartmoor Barrows (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 36, 1978), page 159.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007537)
- Grid reference: SX 5371 8418 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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