<< Our Photo Pages >> Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric Earthwork - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Ugborough Parish Church Prehistoric EarthworkCountry: 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
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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"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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