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Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the summit of Corn Ridge in Devon. The cairn forms part of a cemetery complex on this prominent ridge location, indicating the site's significance as a burial ground during prehistory. Such ridge-top cairn cemeteries are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in southwest England, where elevated positions were favoured for the placement of the dead. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and contributes to the archaeological landscape documenting Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in Devon.
Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007830. View the official record →
Round cairn 140m WSW of Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the summit of Corn Ridge in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007830.
Round cairn 140m WSW 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 1007830.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including White Barrow round cairn (9.9 km), Cairn 690m south west of White Barrow (10 km), Round cairn 220m north of Conies Down Tor (10.4 km).
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