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Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the summit of Corn Ridge in Devon. The cairn forms part of a cemetery complex on the ridge and is designated as a scheduled monument under NHLE list entry 1007832. As a ring cairn, the structure consists of a central grave or ceremonial space surrounded by a circular bank of stones, a form typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in southwestern England. The monument contributes to the archaeological landscape of Corn Ridge, where multiple barrows and burial features indicate sustained use of the location as a burial ground during the Bronze Age period.
Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007832. View the official record →
Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the summit of Corn Ridge in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007832.
Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007832.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Barrow round cairn (10 km), Cairn 690m south west of White Barrow (10 km), Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor (10.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ring cairn 120m west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.