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Skankyrich [?] Started conversation Sep 30, 2005
I've just submitted A5974310 (Bovey Heathfield SSSI, Devon, UK) - not strictly zoological in the purist sense but hopefully of interest.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 1, 2005
Is Bovey a Cornish word? I remember a town called Bovey Tracey which had the House of Marbles.
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Kat - From H2G2 Posted Oct 1, 2005
Coo...I've just been informed that Bovey is a place in the USA. Typical that!
bovey, MN (city, FIPS 7048)
Location: 47.29421 N, 93.40228 W
Population (1990): 662 (326 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55709
PAH!
Rich, I would go and look at this but I've put a ban on myself for yours and radioactiveBIGAL1's entries because I keep scouting them and I'm trying to aim for newbies currently. So please send my regards to your entry 
Kat
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Skankyrich [?] Posted Oct 2, 2005
Oooh, Gnomon, Bovey is a Devon word for the local tribe centred around the modern settlement of Bovey Tracey. In Devon. Where the House of Marbles is, about 1/2 mile from the heath 
Devon. It's far better than Cornwall. [(c) Devon Tourist Board]
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 2, 2005
Hi Rich! I didn't mean to suggest that Devon was in Cornwall! I know where it is. But Bovey doesn't sound like English to me, so I assumed it would be Ancient Briton, which in your neck of the woods would be Cornish, because that's the only place left where it is spoken.
I was very impressed with the House of Marbles.
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