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  • Period: Bronze Age
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A close-up photograph from DartmoorPhotograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

“The granite tors still lift their lofty heads to the sky, the heather and gorse still bloom on the moor, the stream yet pursues its way over its rocky bed, and all is here unchanged.”

Also on Our DartmoorThe Three Hares: A Curiosity Worth Regarding — Study of the three hares motif worldwide, with a section on medieval Devon, by Tom Greeves, Sue Andrew and Chris Chapman. Hardback, 368 pages.

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A photograph of a place on Dartmoor; the question asks which
Photograph by Glavind Strachan Photography

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Butterdon Hill (Moretonhampstead). Butterdon Hill, 351 m, in north-east Dartmoor north of Moretonhampstead: a 2.3 m granite standing stone on its west side and cairns on the summit.

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