<< Our Photo Pages >> Three Barrows (Ugborough Moor) - Cairn in England in Devon
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Three Barrows (Ugborough Moor)Country: England County: Devon Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Ivybridge Nearest Village: Shipley Bridge
Map Ref: SX65316259
Latitude: 50.447649N Longitude: 3.898423W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This cairn features in the Stone Rows of Butterdon Hill, Piles Hill & Glasscombe walk on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) website,which describes "Three very large cairns known as the Three Barrows, one of which [this cairn], being about 50 yards in diameter, and 8 feet high, is reputed to be perhaps the largest on Dartmoor".
There is a specific entry on PDW for this cairn - see their page for Three Barrows Cairn.
The largest cairn is described on Pastscape Monument No. 441934 as "A very large cairn, 45.0m. north west-south east by 38.0m. south west-north east and 2.5m. high, in a prominent position at about 464m. above O.D. It has a slightly dished top, perhaps the result of small cairns and shelters being constructed around the summit. There are small overgrown quarry pits immediately west of the barrow."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon & Dartmoor HER has thee separate records for each of the three barrows, which they date to Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age (4000BC to 701BC: the largest, the southernmost, and the northernmost.
The three cairns are also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1013029, List ID 1012773 and List ID 1012780.
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