Shipman Head Down

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It might not be immediately obvious to the unschooled eye, but sprawling over this hilly heathland is a vast Neolithic burial site – one of the largest of its kind in northern Europe. It's thought that chieftains, shamans and notable warriors were buried here; stone cairns mark the gravesites.

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