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Postbridge is a hamlet in the heart of Dartmoor in the English county of Devon.It lies on the B3212, roughly midway between Princetown and Moretonhampstead.. Postbridge is on the East Dart river, one of two main tributaries of the River Dart, and consists of a few houses, a shop, a pub and hotel, and a national park tourist information centre.
The legend of the Hairy Hands is set near Postbridge, Dartmoor.The road is now known as the B3212. [1]According to the story, the Hairy Hands are a pair of disembodied hands that appear suddenly, grab at the steering wheel of a moving car or the handlebars of a motorcycle, and then force the victim's vehicle off the road. [2]
The clapper bridge at Postbridge. A fine example, the Postbridge Clapper Bridge, can be found at Postbridge, on Dartmoor.Its slabs are over 4 metres (13 ft) long, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide and weigh over 8 metric tons (7.9 long tons; 8.8 short tons) each, making the bridge passable to a small cart.
The Warren House Inn is a remote and isolated public house in the heart of Dartmoor, Devon, England. It is the highest pub in southern England at 1,425 feet (434 m) above sea level . It is located on an ancient road across the moor, about 2 miles (3 km) north east of the village of Postbridge and has been a stopping point for travellers since ...
Dartmoor includes the largest area of granite in Britain, with about 625 km 2 (241 sq mi) at the surface, though most of it is under superficial peat deposits. The granite (or more specifically adamellite) was intruded at depth as a pluton into the surrounding sedimentary rocks during the Carboniferous period, probably about 309 million years ago. [2]
Bellever is a hamlet in Dartmoor, Devon, England.It is located on the river East Dart about 2 kilometres (1 mi) south of Postbridge.. The first mention of a settlement at this location is in a Duchy of Cornwall record from 1355 which gives the name of a farm here as Welford, a contraction of wielle (spring) and ford. [1]
In addition, the local Militia also kept in a high state of readiness, training on Dartmoor, often at Haytor. [3]: 2 In 1869, a new type of artillery munition developed by Henry Shrapnel was tested near Postbridge. Four years later, a major exercise was held by the First and Second Divisions, involving over 12,000 men and 2,100 horses, in the ...
Dartmoor kistvaens are burial tombs or cists from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, i.e. from c. 2500 BC to c. 1500 BC. [1] Kistvaens have been found in many places, including Dartmoor , a 954 km 2 (368 square miles) area of moorland in south Devon , England.