Visit to Devils Den, Wiltshire

Today I managed to find Devils Den Dolmen, on Fyfield Down, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. I visited Devils Den at Fyfield Down, by cycle along bridleways. I think without carefull planning and maps, it would be difficult to locate it stands by foot. I’m fascinated by ancient stone monuments in the landscape and spend a lot of my time searching for them. Devils Den is the remains of a Long barrow chambered tomb located in a chalk Valley on Fyfield Down. It was built with 4 largish Sarsen stones and a capstone and is of Neolithic origin. When I visited the Dolmen, I found it much larger than I had expected. I would like to return again soon and make some natural sound recordings of the landscape and surrounding area.

There is many legends on why 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.