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Tor cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the summit of Corn Ridge near Branscombe in Devon. The monument forms part of a cemetery of cairns on this elevated location, indicative of the ritual significance placed upon high ground during prehistoric periods. The cairn itself survives as an earthwork mound composed of stone, though like many Bronze Age monuments of this type its original dimensions and condition have been altered by time and land use. Its positioning within a larger cairn cemetery suggests the site held communal or dynastic importance for the communities of south Devon during the Bronze Age.
Tor cairn 70m WNW of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007833. View the official record →
Tor cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on the summit of Corn Ridge near Branscombe in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007833.
Tor cairn 70m 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 1007833.
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 (10.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Tor cairn 70m 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.
Tor cairn 70m 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.