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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007832) describes a ring cairn on the summit of Corn Ridge. It is a circular bank 1 metre wide and 0.4 metres high around an inner area 21 metres across, and 23 metres across overall. Edge-set stones in the bank show a kerb that survives partly as a buried feature. In the middle of the inner area is a cairn mound 15 metres across and up to 1.4 metres high, with a shallow hollow that suggests partial early excavation or robbing. The ring cairn is part of a cemetery of six: two round cairns, two tor cairns and two ring cairns, around Branscombe's Loaf. It lies in the parish of LCPs of Bridestowe and Sourton, about 0.9 km south-west of Shelstone Tor and 2.1 km south-east of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007832, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), page 221, and Turner, 'Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor' (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 48, 1990), page 51.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007832)
- Grid reference: SX 5519 8912 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
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