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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 07 August 2004 Page Views: 3473

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sourton Tors Cairn Alternative Name: Corn Ridge NW1; Grinsell Bridestowe and Sourton Common 1; Butler (map 43.10.1)
Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Okehampton Nearest Village: Sourton
Map Ref: SX5460389438
Latitude: 50.686378N Longitude: 4.059626W
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

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

2 Access:

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.

2 Accuracy:

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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**Sourton Tors Cairn** submitted by TheCaptain : Sourton Tors Cairn, Dartmoor, Devon SX546895 The remains of a much destroyed cairn can be seen on the slopes of Corn Ridge, just above the track which passes up over the saddle between Sourton Tors and Corn Ridge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn in Devon. The remains of a much destroyed cairn can be seen on the slopes of Corn Ridge, just above the track which passes up over the saddle between Sourton Tors and Corn Ridge.

Update December 2019: This cairn is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Sourton Tors S.E. Cairn, which tells us: "(This is) the remains of a cairn, SX 54608942, which has been disturbed in the past - now heather covered. Diameter 10.5m, height 0.5m. One or two stones of the retaining circle are still visible but there is no trace of a cist to be seen".

The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 440531, as MDV4627 (Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER, and scheduled as Historic England List Entry No. 1007824 (Round cairn 470m south east of Sourton Tors).
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