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Exmoor

a wild, windy, mostly wooded region on the border line between Somerset and Devon, England. It is covered with heath, and contains many bogs concealed by a growth of the wild juniper and cranberry. Exmoor Forest was one of the strongholds of the ancient Druids. It is bordered by dark, precipitous glens. An excellent idea of this region may be had from Blackmore's Lorna Doone and Conan Doyle's Micah Clarke. See Lorna Doone

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