It is said that the Dartmoor clappers are "prehistoric" or "ancient" :) Even though that's what we like to believe, probably the Postbridge Clapper dates back as early as the 1300s. In fact, all the existing clapper bridges date from medieval times (if the fact that many have been rebuilt several times after being demolished by flood waters is ignored).
It is probable that ancient man used handy granite slabs to bridge streams, but this does not make the existing clapper bridges ancient!
The Post Office made these bridges ancient! :)) In 1968 the Post Office issued a set of commemorative stamps. The stamps bore the image of a famous clapper bridge on Exmoor, beneath which it said "Prehistoric".
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Now this is whai I call "an artistic picture".. :)
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