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ASHCOMBE, an estate in Cranborne Chase, Wilts; 5 miles SE of Shaftesbury. It belonged formerly to Lord Arundell, and belongs now to Mr. Grove. It comprises a romantic circular hollow, engirt with an amphitheatre of wooded hills, accessible only by a declivitous road; and has, in the centre, an isolated knoll, crowned by remains of an old mansion.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an estate" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ashcombe |
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