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Parracombe Parracombe is a rural settlement south-west of Lynton, in Devon, England. It is situated in the Heddon Valley, on Exmoor. The population at the 2011 census was 293. A number of Bronze Age barrows exist nearby, along with several other small ...

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. It is situated on a hilltop some above sea level, overlooking the Heddon Valley.

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Hill forts in Devon Archaeological sites on Exmoor {{UK-archaeology-stub