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Nearest Town:Ashburton (5km SSE)
OS Ref (GB):   SX734755 / Sheet: 191
Latitude:50° 33' 53.62" N
Longitude:   3° 47' 15.94" W

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Be suitably warned that the parson of Widcombe opened this burial chamber - and the very next night his house was destroyed in an explosion.

(from a 1911 source, noted in Grinsell's 'Folklore of Prehistoric Sites in Britain')
Rhiannon Posted by Rhiannon
9th June 2004ce