Sheepfold
Sheepfold is an archaeological site in Exmoor National Park, West Somerset District, England. Sheepfold is situated nearby to the heath The Chains, as well as near the peak Hoaroak Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lynton and Lynmouth and Simonsbath.
Lynton and Lynmouth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lynton and Lynmouth is a civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The parish is named after its two main settlements of Lynton, which stands on a plateau above the Glen Lyn Gorge, and Lynmouth which lies at the foot of the gorge where the West Lyn River and East Lyn River converge and then meet the sea.
Simonsbath
Village
Photo: don cload, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Simonsbath is a small village high on Exmoor in the English county of Somerset. It is the principal settlement in the Exmoor civil parish, which is the largest and most sparsely populated civil parish on Exmoor, covering nearly 32 square miles but with a population, at the time of the 2001 census, of 203 in 78 households, reducing to 156 at the 2011 census. Simonsbath is situated 3 miles southeast of Sheepfold.
West Lyn
Hamlet
West Lyn is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lynton and Lynmouth in the North Devon district of Devon, England. Its nearest town is Lynton, which lies approximately 1 mile north from the hamlet. The hamlet is within the Exmoor National Park. West Lyn is situated 3½ miles northwest of Sheepfold.
Sheepfold
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Exmoor National Park, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1736° or 51° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.79567° or 3° 47′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C3R56F3+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2413963039OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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