More information : These 3 probable cairns lie on a gentle, well
drained south east facing slope at 330m above OD.
A. SX 68207117, is turf covered 2.7m diameter and 0.3m high,
and is constructed of small boulders.
B. SX 68207116: 2.8m diameter and 0.6m high.
C. SX 68197116: 2.4m diameter and 0.3m high and partly turf
covered.
Cairns (B) and (C) are linked by a slight scarp 0.2m high
and the vague trace of a bank runs north west from (B). Whilst
it is possibly that these mounds are the result of field
clearance, their character seems too deliberate and the nearby
walls of the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 92), within which
they lie, would provide readier dumping grounds for surface
stone.
Survey at 1:10 000 on PFD 1:200 Enlargement Survey on OS 495. (1)
SX68207110. A cluster of six small medieval or later clearance cairns within a contemporary field system immediately W of venford reservoir. There is no ground evidence to suggest that these are prehistoric features. A more dispersed collection of similar cairns (SX 67 SE 246) lies to the N. (2)
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