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Ring cairn 160m WNW 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 larger cemetery complex of barrows occupying this elevated location, indicating the site's significance as a burial ground during the Bronze Age period. The monument is characterised by its ring cairn form, a type of burial structure comprising a circular arrangement of stones with a central burial deposit. Such monuments are typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in south-western England and represent an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and ceremonial behaviour in the region.
Ring cairn 160m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007829. View the official record →
Ring cairn 160m WNW 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 1007829.
Ring cairn 160m WNW 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 1007829.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Barrow round cairn (10 km), Cairn 690m south west of White Barrow (10.1 km), Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor (10.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 160m WNW 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 160m WNW 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.