The Devil's Den facts for kids
This article is about Devil's Den (disambiguation). For other uses, see The Devil's Den (disambiguation).
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| Location | Fyfield, Wiltshire |
| Architectural style(s) | British pre-Roman Architecture |
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The Devil's Den or Devil's Den is a dolmen burial chamber on Fyfield Hill near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. The chamber is part of a neolithic passage grave on Fyfield Down. Two standing stones, a capstone and two fallen stones are all that remain of what was the entrance to a long mound, described in the 1920s as being around 230 ft long. The capstone is believed to weigh 17 tons. The burial chamber was reconstructed in 1921.
The dolmen was named after the devil, along with many other prehistoric remains, after the coming of Christianity. A local tradition said that if water was poured into hollows on the capstone, a demon would come in the night and drink it.
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