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Postbridge, Devon

The hamlet of Postbridge is on the B3212 road between Two Bridges and Moretonhampstead, and sits at an elevation of approximately 1,200 feet above sea level.

The village is probably best known for it's famous Clapper Bridge, recorded as early as 1380 and possibly built to facilitate the transportation of tin by pack horses to the Stannary town of Tavistock - although many people believe it could have much older origins. It is constructed of huge granite slabs and is the only clapper bridge on the moors that is still complete.

Tin Mining was carried out on Dartmoor for hundreds of years with the last mines closing in the 1930's. The remains of tin workings can still be seen close to Postbridge at the locations of the Golden Dagger and Vitifer Mines.

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