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'Stunning' Bronze Age burial chamber discovered on the English moor

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A cist-type burial was likely used around 1800 B.C. , based on the radiocarbon dating of charcoal from inside the tomb.

The burial chamber began eroding out of the peat at Dartmoor National Park and was excavated in August .

The tomb was found in a small wetland area within a larger wooded landscape on Cut Hill , which is one of the highest peaks.