<< Our Photo Pages >> Corn Ridge Rock - Ring Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Corn Ridge Rock Alternative Name: Corn Ridge 2; Branscombe's Loaf 2; Turner A66Country: England County: Devon Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Sourton
Map Ref: SX5521989145
Latitude: 50.683899N Longitude: 4.050796W
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 the Corn Ridge Rock 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 describes this site as "a ring cairn measuring 16.5 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres high ... Found in September 1975."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER number MDV48864 tell us this site comprises "two banks of small to medium stones associated with large outcrop. Outer bank survives as 12 metres long, 1.2 metres wide, 0.3 metres high and corresponds with the north edge of the outcrop, but also extends over the rock itself, which stands 3 metres high. Area enclosed by ring banks measures 15 metres north south by 12 metres east west." They date the ring cairn to the Bronze Age (2200BC to 701BC).
The cairn is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1007833 (tor cairn 70 metres west-north-west of Branscombe's Loaf forming part of a cemetery on Corn Ridge summit).
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