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Two cairns on the south side of Ugborough Beacon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high ground in Devon. The cairns represent a characteristic form of burial practice during the Bronze Age, when communities across southern Britain constructed stone mounds over cremated or inhumed remains. Located on the exposed moorland of Ugborough Beacon, the monument reflects the preference for prominent hilltop positions in the ritual and funerary landscape of the period. The site forms part of a wider distribution of Bronze Age cairns across Dartmoor and the surrounding uplands, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in south-west England.
Two cairns on the south side of Ugborough Beacon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012249. View the official record →
Two cairns on the south side of Ugborough Beacon is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on high ground in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012249.
Two cairns on the south side 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 1012249.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of three closely spaced cairns on the south-western brow of Western Beacon (1.7 km), Cairn on the southern brow of Western Beacon (1.7 km), Stone alignment and cairn south-east of Western Beacon (1.9 km).
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