Exmoor
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Exmoor is loosely defined as an area of hilly open moorland in west Somerset and north Devon in South West England. It is named after the River Exe, the source of which is situated in the centre of th
Typical moorland scenery on Exmoor
The Exmoor coastline near the Valley of Rocks
The East Lyn River
Horner Woods, Exmoor, in winter
Lorna Doone
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Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor is a historical novel by R. D. Blackmore, first published in three volumes in London in 1869. It is a romance based on a group of historical characters and set in the
Exmoor
…River Taw, which itself flows northward from Dartmoor. Badgworthy Water is one of the small rivers running north to the coast and is associated with the Lorna Doone legends. Along with the rest of South West England, Exmoor has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of England. The…
Badgworthy water, Malmsmead
John Ridd learns to fire his father's gun – from an 1893 illustrated edition