Parracombe

An Exmoor Village

Category: Longstone Landscape

  • Chanter’s Barrow

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    Parracombe Admin
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    This is the easternmost barrow of the eleven Chapman Barrows which we have named Chanter’s after the the Reverend Chanter who carried out an excavation over 100 years ago and published some drawings at the time. On site it is easy to see where the trench was driven into the mound, but it is not…

  • The Longstone Landscape Project 2014-2015

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    Keith Denby
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    Members of Parracombe Archaeology and History Society (PAHS) together with North Devon Archaeology Society (NDAS) volunteered to undertake this interesting but rather daunting project. In the significant early stages professional leadership was provided through the Exmoor Moorland Landscape Partnership with oversight by Exmoor National Park. Additional professional (geophysical) work was overseen by GSB Prospection Ltd.…