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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1021052) describes a round cairn on a gentle south-facing slope above the valley of the River Plym. It is a mound 4 metres across and up to 0.6 metres high, with stones showing round the west and south edges that may be a kerb surviving buried. It lies in the parish of Sheepstor, about 0.7 km north of Eastern Tor and 2.8 km east of Sheepstor.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1021052, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1994), page 92.
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