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Summary

Vis=30/4/1993 (gerrard) tor cairn situated on the summit of corn ridge. Includes a bank of small to medium sized stones surrounding a large rock-outcrop known as branscombe's loaf. The ring bank survives as a 1.5m wide and 0.5m high rubble spread defining an internal area measuring 18m in diameter. The rock-outcrop measures 12m e-w by 4m n-s and stands up to 4m high. This cairn forms part of a cairn cemetery including two round cairns, two tor cairns and two ring cairns (mpp).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1009797: Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NE/64
• Old SAM Ref: 24067(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAIRN (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV228923.

Gerrard gives incorrect ngr sx129293.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV228925.

Turner, j. R. /pdas/48(1990)34/ring cairns, stone circles and related monuments on dartmoor.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., Des=mpp/129293. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Vis=30/4/1993 (gerrard) tor cairn situated on the summit of corn ridge. Includes a bank of small to medium sized stones surrounding a large rock-outcrop known as branscombe's loaf. The ring bank survives as a 1.5m wide and 0.5m high rubble spread defining an internal area measuring 18m in diameter. The rock-outcrop measures 12m e-w by 4m n-s and stands up to 4m high. This cairn forms part of a cairn cemetery including two round cairns, two tor cairns and two ring cairns (mpp).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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