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One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of Devon. The site comprises three separate cairns of which this is one, representing a distinctive clustering pattern characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices on Dartmoor and surrounding upland areas. The cairns are constructed from stone, with their exact dimensions and state of preservation varying across the group. These monuments date to the Bronze Age period and represent the funerary practices and settlement patterns of the communities occupying Devon's uplands during prehistory, making them significant evidence for understanding early metalworking societies in the South West peninsula.
One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012773. View the official record →
One of three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012773.
One of three cairns on Three Barrows, 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 1012773.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (4.4 km), Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (4.5 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of One of three cairns on Three Barrows, 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 three cairns on Three Barrows, Ugborough Moor stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.