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- ↑ "A30 Honiton to Exeter - Horse Power - Roman Style". Roads to the Past: Trunk Roads and Archaeology - 1999 report. Highways Agency. 1999. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
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