Corn Ridge W.2 Cairn
Photo taken on 22-06-2022
Database entries
OS Map: SX 54434 88904
OS Source: Garmin
HER: MDV4673
Alternate name: Corn Ridge W.2
Short Name: CN CornRidgeW2
Butler map: 43.8.2
Grinsell: BRIDESTOWE and SOURTON COMMON 4
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 14.0 x 0.4
Lidar: SX 54434 88904
Nearby sites: SX 54434 88904
Notes
This monument includes a round cairn and stone hut circle situated on a narrow natural terrace on a steep west-facing slope overlooking west Devon. The cairn mound measures 16m in diameter and stands up to 0.8m high. A hollow in the centre of the mound suggests partial early excavation or robbing. Resembles ring cairn. The stone hut circle lies 7.5m ENE of the cairn and survives as a 1m-wide and 0.3m-high rubble bank surrounding an internal area measuring 3.2m long by 2.3m wide.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.2: The North, (1991)
- Grinsell, L.V., Dartmoor Barrows, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No.36 (1978)