The Devil's Den
The Devil's Den (also Devils Den - German Devil's Cave ) is located in Fyfield Down, northeast of Fyfield near Marlborough in Wiltshire in England .
The Devil's Den is the remainder of a 1921 reconstructed chamber of a Neolithic Passage Tomb on Fyfield Hill with a capstone with bowls ( English cups ). It was first described and illustrated by the local historian and photographer Pete Glastonbury.
Two standing stones, a capstone, and two fallen stones are all that remains of the entrance to the long hill, which was described in the 1920s as about 70.0 m long. The capstone is believed to weigh 17 tons.
Two particularly well-defined bowls protrude from the capstone. "Gutters" run out of each, of which the eastern one (on the edge) turns into a canal that runs on the stone before it goes down. Each bowl is approximately two inches wide and four inches deep.
The dolmen was demonized with many other prehistoric places of worship in Christian times. Local lore said that a demon drinks water at night when it is poured into the dents on the capstone.
The Long Barrow Manton Down and the Menhir Long Tom are nearby .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 32.5 " N , 1 ° 46 ′ 57.5" W.