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Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground in Devon. The monument consists of a stone cairn constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served as burial structures for prominent members of prehistoric communities. Its elevated position on Ugborough Beacon reflects the typical siting of such barrows, which were often placed in prominent landscape locations visible from considerable distances. The cairn remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practices in south-western England.
Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012243. View the official record →
Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on high ground in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012243.
Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012243.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn near the summit of Western Beacon (1.9 km), Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (2 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cairn near summit of Ugborough Beacon stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.