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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 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 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]
Before reaching Postbridge the river swings to the east, and then to north-east, flowing between clitter (boulder) strewn steep slopes before once again flowing south. Just above Postbridge the river drops around 2 metres in a short distance and the point is referred to as "Waterfall". The "Waterfall" on the East Dart.
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]
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The tors used as checkpoints on the Ten Tors challenge in 2013 were as follows, but this is being changed for the 2014 event, all changed for the 2020 event, and all changed for the 2024, with no checkpoints S of the Postbridge - Merrivale Rd. Beardown Tors, 2 km N of Two Bridges; Black Tor, just off the B3212 between Princetown and Yelverton ...