Combe Moor

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Combe Moor, also known as Coombes Moor, is a linear hamlet in the civil parish of Byton in Herefordshire, England, to the south-east of the Welsh town of Presteigne,<ref name="Inspectorate1897">Template:Cite book</ref> near the border with Wales, and Template:Convert north-west from the county town of Hereford.<ref name="GM"/>

Geography

View from the Herefordshire Trail leading to Wapley Hillfort

The village is on the B4362 road on the B4362 road between Shobdon and Presteigne near the confluence of the Hindwell Brook and the River Lugg.<ref name="OS">Template:Citation</ref> During the Devensian period, "the eastward advance of the Wye Glacier blocked the preglacial Lugg at Combe Moor and the river cut a new course to the north-east before turning south-east through the east-to-west ridge via the Covenhope Gap."<ref name="Stephens1990">Template:Cite book</ref> Cross and Hodgson described the sediments of the Combe Moor basin in 1975 as "finely laminated and stoneless."<ref name="Dorling2007">Template:Cite book</ref>

Combe Moor lies to the south-east of Combe, just to the south-west of the village of Byton.<ref name="GM">Template:Cite map</ref> Brandhill Wood lies to the south and Park Hill to the north-east.<ref name="GM"/> The moor to the north of the village is called Byton Moor and there is also a moor of the same name as the village just to the west of that. The Herefordshire Trail long distance footpath passes through the village.<ref name="OS" /> Template:Clear left

Landmarks

The Herefordshire Trail leads to Wapley Hillfort. There is an old schoolhouse to the north-east along the road to Byton.<ref name="OS"/> Mistletoe House in the village is a tea room and gallery. Other cottages in the vicinity include Rue Cottage in the village itself and Wapley cottage along the lane to the south-east.<ref name="GM"/>

External links

• Old map
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