Kistvaen on Hamel Down

Kistvaen on Hamel Down

Cairn circle and kist on Hamel Down, near Manaton, one of various styles of Bronze Age burial monument to be found on Dartmoor. The two posts in the background are anti-glider poles, part of a defensive system erected around 1940 to prevent German glider landings.

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