Ugborough Beacon

Moorhaven Village, Devon

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Main image: Beacon Rocks - 46 metres from location - image by Chris Andrews (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

The westernmost pile, where a cairn is located, is known as Ugborough Beacon, while the other rocks are sometimes referred to as the Beacon Rocks or Eastern Beacon.

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Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, sites near here The Megalithic Portal, nearest recorded site

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