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Culbone (also called Kitnor) is a hamlet consisting of little more than the parish church and a few houses, in the parish of Oare in the Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England. As there is no road access it is a two-mile walk from Porlock Weir, and some four miles from Porlock itself. The village is situated in a sheltered spot, near the coast of Porlock Bay. The slopes behind the village rise to the height of , over which a small stream falls down to the sea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Culbone, Somerset )〕 The South West Coast Path goes through the village, parts of which were closed and diverted in February 2007 following landslips in the woods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Culbone Woods access restricted )〕 The woods around the village are home to the rare ''Sorbus vexans'', a microspecies of self-cloning Sorbus trees which are only found in the coastal area between Culbone and Trentishoe in Devon. It is amongst the rarest trees in Britain. Other Whitebeam and Rowan species found in the area include; ''Sorbus subcuneata'', ''Sorbus ‘Taxon D’'' and ''Sorbus aucuparia''. == History == Culbone was listed in the Domesday book as Kytenore, or Chetnore. The name "Culbone" is thought to derive from the Celtic ''cil beun for "Church of St Beuno".〔''St Beuno's Church, Culbone'', leaflet on the history of the church, no author, no publisher, no date, page 4; leaflet acquired on site, 4 February 2011〕 The Culbone Stone, an early mediaeval standing stone approximately one metre in height. It lies in woodland close to the parish boundary, and features an incised wheeled cross, the style of which suggests it dates from 7th to 9th century. The stone is legally protected as a scheduled ancient monument. It has been suggested that the stone has been moved from its original site as part of the Culbone Hill Stone Row.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Culbone Stone )〕 In the 14th century Culbone's steep woods were used as a colony for French prisoners, and again in 1720 as a prison colony.〔Jenkins, S. (2000), ''England's Thousand Best Churches'', Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-141-03930-5〕 The woods were once the site of a major charcoal burning industry, the original burners for which were reputed to be a colony of lepers. Although the lepers were not allowed into the village, there is a small leper window in the north wall of the church.〔 Culbone was a civil parish until 1933 when, because of the small population (43 in 1931) it was merged into the parish of Oare. Culbone Cottage, Culbone Lodge, and the Parsonage Farmhouse are all Grade II listed buildings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Culbone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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