Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

The eponymous heroine of R D Blackmore's novel means more to many visitors to Exmoor than any real historical figure. In acknowledgement of this fact a statue to her was created by George Stephenson and given to the town in 1990 by an American, Dr Whitman Pearson. It stands outside Exmoor House, the former Dulverton workhouse and now headquarters of the Exmoor National Park.

If you would like to know more about Exmoor and the arts see the articles on art in the Artists item or for more information on the period in which the novel is set look at Seventeeth Century Exmoor.