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Large cairn on Three Barrows
Grid ref: SX 6521 6264
On walking routes: Two Moors Way
Main image: Photo: Guy Wareham, Wikimedia Commons
Historic England's scheduling record (list entry 1012773) describes one of a group of three large cairns standing prominently on the hill called Three Barrows. It is a mound of stones on a stone and earth base, 20 metres across and 1.5 metres high. The group is linked to a reave that runs over Three Barrows. It lies in the parish of Ugborough.
Sources: Historic England list entry 1012773, which cites Grinsell, Dartmoor Barrows (Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings 36, 1978), page 168, Spence Bate, 'Researches into Some Ancient Tumuli on Dartmoor' (Devonshire Association Transactions, vol 5, 1872), page 553, and the Devon County Sites and Monuments Register SX66SE-052.
- Period: Bronze Age
- Status: Scheduled monument (Historic England list entry 1012773)
- Grid reference: SX 6521 6264 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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