Chudleigh Rocks (c.1820)
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | M SC0352 |
| Devon | PLY | I/S |
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SC0352
Location
CD 7 DVD 1
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Maton, W. G.Observations relative chiefly to the natural history, picturesque scenery and antiquities of the western counties of England. Salisbury and London: J.Easton, 1797. pp. 105 - 106.There are some singular rocks (of a bluish limestone called Chudleigh-marble) about half a mile west of the town, [
]. One part of the rocks is upwards of an hundred feet in height, and presents its broad front towards a charming vale terminated by the Teign. Anethum Fniculum (wild fennel) growing here in some places higher than our heads, seemed to form almost a forest.- The Chudleigh limestone admits of a very good polish, and some of it is burnt into lime, by the aid of Bovey coal. It lies in stratafive or six feet deep in thickness, which dip to the south-east.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Aquatint
Dimensions
200x270mm
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Dates
1820