Valley of the Rocks (The Valley of the Rocks or The Valley of Rocks ) - a dry valley stretching along the coast in northern Devon (England), about 1 kilometer from the village of Linton .
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Geography and geology
The valley is located approximately 1 km west of the village of Linton, County Devon , England . It is believed that the Valley of Stones owes its existence to the processes of coastal erosion during the expansion of the East Lin River Valley , which now flows into the sea near Lynmouth [1] . The valley is quite narrow, stretching along the coast from east to west. There are two paths to the valley from Linton - one is a horse-drawn road, and the second is known to locals as North Walk. The North Walk passes under the slopes of the cliff called Stormy Jack. Castle Rock is located to the west of Stormy Jack, and the Devil Cheesepress is to the east. If you climb Castle Rock on a rough staircase, then in the west you will have a view of Duty Point, Li Bay and Cape High-Ver, the East Lin River Valley will be located to the east. The mountains surrounding the valley are among the oldest in Devon and, as a result, contain many fossils . Among other things, in the valley, due to the valley being under the ice during the last ice age, Russian re-glacial zones formed [2] .
Flora and Fauna
The main type of vegetation in the Valley of Stones is a species of fern, known as the common bracken. The southern slopes are covered with turf, while the northern slopes are generally not distinguished by an abundance of greenery. In addition, the Valley of stones is known for the herds of feral goats [3] living in it.
Tourism
Death Valley has always attracted many tourists. “Only the terminally lazy can travel along Lee Road and not look here” [4] As a rule, tourists watch the ocean from nearby hills or take small walks through a maze of stones. Typically, visitors also include nearby Duty Point, Lee Abbey, and the nearby confluence of the two arms of East Lin.
Mention in art
Over the centuries, the Valley of stones has been visited by famous people. Some subsequently left their impressions in the works:
- At the end of 1797, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth visited the valley and decided to write a story of co-authorship, which was called “Cain's Wanderings”, although the story was never completed [5] [6] .
- In August 1799, the poet Robert Southey visited the valley, and, impressed by what he saw, he wrote the following: “there are huge stones everywhere ... the most bones and remains of the earth; the rock climbs on the rock, the stone lies on the stone, one huge tremendous mass ” [7] .
- The writer Richard D. Blackmore made the Valley of the Stones one of the locations of his novel, Lorna Dun "(Published in 1869) [8] .
- In 1974, the Valley of Stones was visited by composer Miriam Hyde and her husband, as a result of which in 1975 a play for the piano of Valley of Rocks was born, which became her most famous work.
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Interesting Facts
- Among local residents, the Valley of stones is also known as the "Danish" in honor of the legendary landing of filibusters on the coast near the valley [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Durrance, EM The Geology of Devon. - University of Exeter, 1982. - P. 259, 289. - ISBN 0-85989-247-6 .
- ↑ Geology to see in Northern Devon and Exmoor (unavailable link) . Devon County Council. Date of treatment September 3, 2009. Archived September 11, 2015.
- ↑ Poisoned peppers meant for goats . BBC News (March 20, 2007). Date of treatment September 3, 2009.
- ↑ Heptinstall, Simon. Devon - Illustrated. - Crimson Publishing, 2008 .-- S. 127 .-- 320 p. - (The best of Britain). - ISBN 9781854584267 . Archived March 4, 2016 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Exmoor (unavailable link) . Exmoor National Park Authority. Date of treatment September 5, 2009. Archived on September 4, 2009.
- ↑ Coleridge - "Wanderings of Cain" - Electronic Editions - Romantic Circles (link not available) . University of Maryland. Date of treatment September 5, 2009. Archived February 18, 2009.
- ↑ Robert Southey and Exmoor (link not available) . Exmoor National Park Authority. Date of treatment September 5, 2009. Archived August 23, 2009.
- ↑ Lorna Doone, by RD Blackmore (chapter 17) . The University of Adelaide Library. Date of treatment September 5, 2009.
- ↑ Tugwell, George. The north Devon hand book . - 1857. - S. 28.
Literature
- Tugwell, George. The north Devon hand book . - 1857. - S. 27-28.
- Tugwell, George. Banfield's shilling guide-book to North Devon . - 1860. - S. 22-23.
- Heptinstall, Simon. Devon - Illustrated. - Crimson Publishing, 2008 .-- S. 127 .-- 320 p. - (The best of Britain). - ISBN 9781854584267 . Archived March 4, 2016 on Wayback Machine