Chains (geological site)

This plateau lies above the 1,500 feet (457 m) contour line, and includes the source of the River Barle.

It lies roughly within a triangle of land between Simonsbath, Challacombe and Lynton and has few distinguishing features.

The Chains provides a palynological record of a mid to late Flandrian vegetation history on Exmoor.

Close to the pond are the remains of a small canal which would support the irrigation theory.

[3] Long Chains Combe is the site of several standing stones which have been designated as scheduled monuments.