Site Event/Activity record EEM14755 - 2017-8: TS - Ashley Combe and Culbone Church

A programme of archaeological recording and survey in part of the Culbone Woodlands Estate, between Ashley Combe and Culbone in Exmoor National Park, investigated aspects of the 19th Century designed landscape associated with the (now demolished) house at Ashley Combe, built by the King family in 1799 and extended in the early 19th Century. The survey has suggested that a large enclosure to the west of Ashley Combe may be an arboretum and is one of the earliest features of this designed landscape. A network of drives and paths, articulated via a series of tunnels which linked the woodlands with the house, characterised by drystone retaining walls and the presence of viewpoints, was also investigated.