Lynmouth Is Near Lorna Doone Valley PLYMOUTH. Eng - The flnnd devastated little resort town of Lynmouth, on Devon's Bristol Channel, lies in a country steeped in the romance of British history, legend and fiction Only a hop-skip-and-jump over the Somerset county line is Doone Valley, setting for Richard Dodd ridge Blackmore s famous novel. "Lorna Doone " Less than 100 miles from Lyn mouth across England's southwest corner lies Plymouth, whence the Mayflower set sail for America The way crosses the gloomy waste lands of Exmoor and Dartmoor, still believed by some Devonians to be dangerous at night because of ghosts Tintagel Head in Cornwall, re puted site of King Arthur's Castle, also is less than P‘0 miles from Lynmouth. Off the north coast between Tintagel and Lynmouth is Lundy Island, once sacked by Turkish sea raiders who carried the inhabitants into slavery. Devonshire's 2.600 st.uare mile' make it the third largest Englis', county. Only its coastal areas, cut by many small rivers like the Lyr that caused the trouble at Lyn mouth, are subject to flooding dur ing storm and heavy rains The in terior is high.

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