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Old books sometimes spell "Yellam" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?
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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1013473) describes a cairn in a cairnfield on a gentle north-west-facing slope of Homerton Hill, above the West Okement River. Other cairns, an enclosure and a bank nearby have their own schedulings. The mound is 5 metres across and up to 0.4 metres high. Its south part has been damaged, probably by partial robbing, and the core of large stones shows. It may hold a burial, but it belongs to a group that most likely represents stone cleared for cultivation. It lies in the parish of Okehampton Hamlets, about 0.7 km north-east of Shelstone Tor and 2.6 km east of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1013473, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX59SE58 (1982) and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1013473)
- Grid reference: SX 5607 9045 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: Westernmost cairn forming part of a cairnfield on Homerton Hill
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