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Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Corn Ridge summit near Branscombe in Devon. The site comprises a cairn with an associated cemetery, representing a significant funerary landscape from the later prehistoric period. The monument's physical structure consists of stone remains forming a mound, though the extent of preservation and the precise configuration of burials within the cairn would require archaeological assessment to establish fully. Such upland cairn complexes are characteristic of Bronze Age settlement and burial practices in south-western England, reflecting the ritual importance of prominent ridge-top locations during this period.
Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009797. View the official record →
Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf is a Bronze Age burial monument located on Corn Ridge summit near Branscombe in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009797.
Tor cairn surrounding 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 1009797.
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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