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EXMOOR FOREST

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FOREST , a high moorland in See also:Somersetshire and See also:Devonshire, See also:England. The uplands of this See also:district are bounded by the See also:low alluvial See also:plain of Sedgemoor on the See also:east, by the See also:lower See also:basin of the Exe on the See also:south, by the basin of the Taw (in See also:part) on the See also:west, and by the See also:Bristol Channel on the See also:north. The See also:area thus defined, however, includes not only Exmoor but the Brendon and Quantock Hills east of it. Excluding these, the See also:total area in the district lying at an See also:elevation exceeding See also:I000 ft. is about 120 sq. m. The See also:geological formation is Devonian. The See also:ancient forest had an area of about 20,000 acres, and was enclosed in 1815. Large tracts are still uncultivated; and the See also:wild red See also:deer and native Exmoor See also:pony are characteristic of the district. The highest point is Dunkery See also:Beacon in the east (1707 ft.), but Span See also:Head in the south-west is 1618 ft., and a height of Isoo ft. is exceeded at several points. The Exe, Barle, Lyn and other streams, traversing deep picturesque valleys except in their uppermost courses, are in favour with See also:trout fishermen. The few villages, such as Exford, Withypool and Simonsbath, with See also:Lynton and Lynmouth on the See also:coast, afford centres for tourists and sportsmen. Exmoor is noted for its See also:stag See also:hunting. The district has a further fame through See also:Richard See also:Blackmore's novel, Lorna Doone.

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