Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head

Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head is an archaeological site in Exmoor, West Somerset District, England. Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head is situated nearby to the archaeological site Tumulus, as well as near Long Chains Combe South.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: architectural structure in Exmoor, Somerset West and Taunton, England, UK
Also known as: “Chains Valley Stone Alignment”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath and Simonsbath House.

St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath

Church

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St Luke's Church is a Church of England church in Simonsbath, Exmoor, Somerset, England. The church, which was designed by Henry Clutton and built in 1855–56, has been a Grade II listed building since 1959. St Luke’s Church, Simonsbath is situated 2 miles southeast of Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head.

Simonsbath House

Hotel

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Simonsbath House is a historic house in Simonsbath on Exmoor in Somerset, England. The Grade II listed building is now the Simonsbath House Hotel, and outdoor activity centre. It lies in the valley of the River Barle and on the Two Moors Way footpath. Simonsbath House is situated 2 miles southeast of Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head.

The Exmoor Forest Inn

Pub

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The Exmoor Forest Inn is a pub, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Simonsbath and Lynton and Lynmouth.

Simonsbath

Village

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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 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 2 miles southeast of Chains Valley stone alignment 400m north west of Exe Head.

Lynton and Lynmouth

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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.