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One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. The cairn forms part of a scattered cemetery of burial mounds characteristic of the second millennium BCE, when the upland areas of Dartmoor were exploited for pastoral settlement and ritual purposes. The monument consists of a rubble mound constructed from local stone, a typical form of Bronze Age burial marker that frequently contained inhumations or cremations and sometimes associated grave goods. This cairn group on Ugborough Moor represents evidence of Bronze Age land use and social organisation on the moorland, contributing to the broader archaeological understanding of Dartmoor's prehistoric settlement patterns.
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012235. View the official record →
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012235.
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor 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 1012235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.6 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.6 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
One of several cairns south-west of Spurrell's Cross, Ugborough Moor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.