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Dartmoor Site: Corn Ridge Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Corn Ridge Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Corn Ridge Rock Stone Ring Cairn Circle

Photo taken on 08-07-2018

Database entries

OS Map: SX 55219 89145
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV48864
Megalithic Portal: 45850
Alternate name: Branscombe's Loaf 3
Short Name: RC Corn Ridge2
Butler map: 43.12.3
Turner: A66
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Butler
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): c.10.0
Lidar: SX 55219 89145
Nearby sites: SX 55219 89145

Notes

"Tor cairn on summit of Corn Ridge. 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 curving rubble spread following s + w edges of the outcrop. Inner ring measures 1.3m wide, 0.3m high and corresponds with the n edge of the outcrop, but also extends over the rock itself, which stands 3m high. Area enclosed by ring banks measures 15m ns by 12m ew" One of 4 cairns on Corn Ridge - see Turner "Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor" DASP No. 48 p59 for diagram of the 4 cairns.

References

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