Ugborough Beacon 6 Cairn
Database entries
OS Map: SX 667 586
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV132364
Alternate name: Ugborough Beacon 6
Short Name: CN:Ugborough 6
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Dimensions (m): 10 x 0.8
Lidar: SX 667 586
Guide Map: 58
Nearest Bus Stop: South Brent Pool Park (4.8 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 667 586
Notes
HER record only publicly includes a 6-digit NGR - so only accurate to 100 metres! HER: Visited on 10th April 2021, surveyed and photographed. Cairn on south side of Eastern Beacon: flat-topped circular stony mound, 10 metres diameter, 0.9 metres high, with extraction pits nearby, is likely to be a prehistoric cairn.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Crossing, William, Guide to Dartmoor, (2001)