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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon

Submitted by AngieLake on Sunday, 16 September 2007  Page Views: 6246

Multi-periodSite Name: Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 4.637 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Ivybridge  Nearest Village: Ugborough
Map Ref: SX67755575
Latitude: 50.386724N  Longitude: 3.861663W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork
Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork submitted by AngieLake : This photo shows the NW curve of the ancient prehistoric earthworks on which the present church is situated. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Devon

"The Church and churchyard are entirely contained within a small prehistoric earthwork."
(Taken from http://www.ugborough.com/history/village_history.htm)
Also:
(Taken from http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=1):
"Ugborough is a large compact village, and an extensive parish, rising to more than 1,500 ft. above sea level at Quickbeam Hill and Three Barrows. There are Bronze Age barrows and hutcircles on the moorland, and a stone row running N. from Butterdon Hill. The views of the South Hams from Western Beacon and Ugborough Beacon are extensive.
Ugborough village is built around a large open square, with the church on an eminence at the S. end. The latter (St. Peter) is said to stand inside an earlier earthwork, and is approached by a lofty flight of steps."
[Later in the text]:
"There were several manors in the parish: besides Ugborough itself we find Broadaford, Langford Barton, LUDBROOK, Peek, and Venn, all in Domesday Book."
Ludbrook was the name that caught my attention, 'Lud' being quite a significant old term, and it lies SW of Ugborough village.

In one of the photos to be added to the site page there is a view of the summit of Ugborough Beacon on Dartmoor with its cairns to the NW/NNW. The visible protuberances might not be these, but 'Beacon Rocks' which are marked on the OS map at SX668593.

Coincidental info regarding the interesting church:
"The Church at one time was known as the Cathedral of the South Hams. The earliest record of the church dates from 1121. The Norman nave and its supporting arcade were built before that date and it is possible there was an earlier church on this site."
(Our small dowsing group was here in the summer trying to locate the outline of the previous Saxon church.)
"There are two unusual 14th century bosses on the roof beams of the North Aisle, one depicting a smith and his anvil, the emblems of St. Eloy, patron saint of farriers and smiths; the other represents the legend of St Brannock, a Welsh abbot of about 550 AD who landed at Barnstaple on his missionary journey. He dreamed that he should build a church where he found a white sow and eight piglets. This he did at Braunton, North Devon." (Where Angie Lake was born/christened!).

Update December 2019: This settlement is featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website - see their entry for the Ugborough Parish Church Enclosed Settlement. The site is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 441233, and as MDV28486 (Enclosure in the Parish of Ugborough) on the Devon and Dartmoor HER.
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Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork
Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork submitted by AngieLake : Looking NW/NNW towards Ugborough Beacon on Dartmoor, where several cairns and tumuli are situated. The prominence visible here is possibly the Beacon Rocks, which are marked on the OS map. The curve of the prehistoric earthwork can be seen, and also the higher level of the site in comparison to the upper floors of neighbouring houses. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SX6755 : Church steps, Ugborough by Derek Harper
by Derek Harper
©2006(licence)
SX6755 : Ugborough church by jeff collins
by jeff collins
©2013(licence)
SX6755 : Ugborough village centre, from the church steps by David Gearing
by David Gearing
©2016(licence)
SX6755 : Ugborough Parish Church by William Ward
by William Ward
©2005(licence)
SX6755 : Public House by jeff collins
by jeff collins
©2013(licence)

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