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Buildings and Monuments

There are 162 Scheduled Monuments and 1011 Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Listed Buildings) on Exmoor. Monuments include prehistoric remains such as standing stones, stone packhorse bridges. An unusual feature on Exmoor is the continuity of settlement in some places from the Iron Age onwards. Grade 1 secular listed buildings on Exmoor are:- Bratton Court, Combe Sydenham, Dunster Castle, Dunster Yarn Market, Gallox Bridge, Nettlecombe Court, Tarr Steps. Grade 1 Listed Churches on Exmoor are:- Culbone, Dunster, Luccombe, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Porlock, Selworthy, Timberscombe, Winsford, Wootton Courtenay, St. Petrock's at Parracombe. The Incline runs from the Brendon Hills down into Watchet.

See also:

http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/pfclaugh/mhinf/nd_list/nd_intro.htm

 

Contributed by: Tim Holden

 

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