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Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1007654) describes a ring cairn on the summit of Great Nodden. It is a circular bank of small stones 2.3 metres wide and 0.4 metres high around an inner area 8 metres across. A recent stone cairn, 4 metres across and 0.9 metres high, stands on the west side of the ring bank and is included in the scheduling. It lies in the parish of LCPs of Bridestowe and Sourton, about 0.9 km north-west of Little Links Tor and 2.9 km south of Sourton.
In the later 19th century this cairn held a wedge-shaped cist, with a semi-circular broad end and elliptical sides of local slate. It is no longer visible.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1007654, which cites Butler, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities (1991), pages 219 to 220, Brent, Thirteenth Report of the Barrow Committee (Devonshire Association Transactions, vol 23, 1891), pages 117 to 118, and fieldwork for the Monuments Protection Programme by S. Gerrard.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1007654)
- Grid reference: SX 5387 8741 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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