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Small enclosure near Ranny Brook

Grid ref: SX 6232 6354

Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1010805) describes an enclosure on a south-facing slope about 200 metres east of an agglomerated enclosure south-east of Yealm Steps and north of the Ranny Brook. It is a bank of stone and earth 0.5 metres wide and 0.4 metres high around an oval area 18 metres by 16 metres. It lies near a cluster of enclosures and hut circles north of where the Ranny Brook meets the River Yealm. It lies in the parish of Cornwood.

Sources: Historic England list entry 1010805, which cites the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register (SX66SW, 1991).

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1010805)
  • Grid reference: SX 6232 6354 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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