Melody Art
Melody Art
Pure Vision
Home page of Melody Art landscape seascape floral and abstract paintings in oil
Melody Hawtin B.A.Hons a personal statement of inspiration and ideas that inspire her paintings
architectural paintings in oil
floral paintings in oil on canvas
animal and wildlife paintings in oil
seascape paintings in oil on canvas
vehicles and vintage car paintings
figurative and portrait paintings
The Watercress Line 1870 - Alresford
English country garden - Alresford
Come to the light - Winchester Cathedral
The red door - Winchester Cathedral
The Salvation of Embassy Court - Brighton
Original Painting Information
Description: oil on canvas
Image size: 16.1 h x 20.1 w in
41 h x 51 w cm
41 h x 51 w cm
Price: SOLD
Code: MA106
All work includes delivery to UK mainland
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Exmoor is a National Park situated on the Bristol Channel coast of South West England. The park straddles two separate counties, with 71% in Somerset and 29% located in Devon. The total area of the park, which includes the Brendon Hills and the Vale of Porlock, covers 267 square miles (692 km²) of hilly open moorland, and includes 34 miles (55 km) of coast. It is primarily an upland area with a dispersed population living mainly in small villages and hamlets. The three largest settlements are Porlock and Dulverton, and the combined villages of Lynton and Lynmouth, connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, which together contain almost 40% of the National Park population.
Prior to being a park, Exmoor was a Royal Forest and hunting ground, which was sold off in 1818. Exmoor was one of the first British National Parks, designated in 1954, under the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act,[1] and is named after its main river, the River Exe.
Several areas of the moor have been declared a Site of Special Scientific interest due to the flora and fauna, which have some legal protection from development, damage, and neglect. In 1993 Exmoor was designated as an Environmentally Sensitive Area.
Exmoor has 34 miles (55 km) of coastline, including the highest cliffs in England, which reach a height of 1,350 feet (411 m) at Culbone Hill. However, the crest of this coastal ridge of hills is more than a mile (1.6 km) from the sea. If a cliff is defined as having a slope greater than 60 degrees, the highest cliff on mainland Britain is Great Hangman near Combe Martin at 1,043 feet (318 m) high, with a cliff face of 800 feet (244 m). Its sister cliff is the 716 feet (218 m) Little Hangman, which marks the edge of Exmoor.
Exmoor's woodlands sometimes reach the shoreline, especially between Porlock and The Foreland, where they form the single longest stretch of coastal woodland in England and Wales. The Exmoor Coastal Heaths have been recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the diversity of plant species present.[9]
The scenery of rocky headlands, ravines, waterfalls and towering cliffs gained the Exmoor coast recognition as a Heritage Coast in 1991. This dramatic coastline is an adventure playground for climbers and explorers, with its with huge waterfalls and caves. The cliffs provide one of the longest and most isolated seacliff traverses in the UK. The South West Coast Path, at 630 miles (1,014 km) the longest National Trail in England and Wales, starts at Minehead and runs along all of Exmoor's coast. There are small harbours at Lynmouth, Porlock Weir and Combe Martin. Once important for coastal trade, their primary use now is for pleasure sailing and fishing.
Light on a hill
Original oil painting on canvas
