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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007829) describes a ring cairn on the west side of the summit of Corn Ridge. It is a circular bank 2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high around an inner area 12.5 metres across. The 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 km south-east of Sourton.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007829, which cites Turner, 'Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor' (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 48, 1990), page 59, and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007829)
- Grid reference: SX 5515 8916 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Historic England listed designation: Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit
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