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- ↑ Black, Adam and Charles (1883). Black's guide to Devonshire. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. p. 159.
- ↑ "Unique garden set in stone". This is North Devon. 5 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ↑ "Life in the cave - Spiders and millipedes". Cave Life of Devon. Cambian Caving Council. 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
