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Cairn

Grid ref: SX 6170 8658

Main image: Bridge below Hangingstone Hill - 55 metres from location - image by Derek Harper (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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This cairn is one of hundreds that dot Dartmoor's open moorland, built by Bronze Age communities over 4,000 years ago.

  • Period: Bronze Age
  • Grid reference: SX 6170 8658 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
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