Parracombe

Parracombe is a rural settlement 4 miles (6 km) south-west of Lynton, in Devon, England.

[2] A number of Bronze Age barrows exist nearby, along with several other small earthworks throughout the parish.

Rowley Barton ("rough clearing") was a manor mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, along with East and West Middleton.

Holwell Castle at Parracombe was a Norman motte and bailey castle built to guard the junction of the east–west and north–south trade routes,[3] enabling movement of people and goods and the growth of the population.

[7] Until 1935 the village was served by a halt on the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway which ran close to the centre of the settlement.