<< Our Photo Pages >> Branscombe's Loaf - Ring Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Branscombe's Loaf Alternative Name: BranscombeCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Sourton
Map Ref: SX55318912
Latitude: 50.683696N Longitude: 4.049499W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Information about Branscombe's Loaf Stone Ring Cairn Circle comes from the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website. Their notes tell us this is one of four cairns on Corn Ridge.
The PDW web page gives links to further information on Pastscape, Monument Number 440498, which adds that this is a ring cairn measuring 16.5 metres in diameter and 0.3m high, 4.5 metres north west of a second tumulus.
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV48863 goes into more detail, describing this site as a "stone ring around a large rock. Diameter 18.5 m with bank 1.4 m wide and 0.3 m high. Situated at top of slope, dominating the approach to the moor from the north west." They date the ring cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC) and the enclosure to an "unknown date."
This ring cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1009797: Tor cairn surrounding Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge Summit.
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