Vue SSE de l'église St Michael's au-dessus des travaux de terrassement de l'âge du fer sur le cône volcanique de Brent Tor, sur le bord ouest de Dartmoor, Devon, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
3789 x 2667 px | 32,1 x 22,6 cm | 12,6 x 8,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
27 avril 1984
Lieu:
St Michael's Church, North Brentor, Lydford, Tavistock, Devon, England, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
View SSE of St Michael's Church above Iron Age earthworks on the volcanic cone of Brent Tor, on the W edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK. The bank of the Late Bronze Age &/or Early Iron Age (C8th-5thBC) 'slight univallate hillfort' stands up to 4.5m high externally. The surrounding ditch is partly buried & peters out in places. The earthworks are situated around a naturally steep & rocky knoll formed of basaltic lava which flowed into the sea where it solidified on the sea bed. Geological changes turned the eroded mound into a high place (335m) & landmark overlooking Dartmoor to the E. The first church was established around 1130 by Robert Giffard, Lord of the Manor of Lamerton, possibly as a family chantry chapel &/or in fulfilment of a vow. The present church is mainly C13th (or rebuilt 1319) with a C15th tower. In 1232 the Abbot of Tavistock was granted the right to hold an annual 3-day fair at the church by Henry III. This Michaelmas fair, held on the vigil, feast & morrow of the Archangel, continued until around 1550. Brent Tor is considered to be an ancient, and certainly pre-Christian, sacred place.
