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Which Dartmoor place has also been known as "Cosdon Beacon"?
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Hut Circle SW of Shipley Tor
Moorhaven Village, Ivybridge, Devon
Grid ref: SX 6605 5827 Find this on the Map Reference Finder
On walking routes: Two Moors Way
Dating back around 3,500 years, they show where families sheltered on the exposed moor, their circular foundations still visible in the heather and grass.
- Period: Bronze Age
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Medieval Village near Hound Tor. Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography“She sends them forth limpid and pure, full of laughter and leap, of flash and brawl.”
Also on Our DartmoorTinners' cache near Norsworthy Bridge — A scheduled monument marking a cache site used by tin miners working the high moor north east of Norsworthy Bridge.
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