article_snippet: Devon has inspired many writers, such as Thomas Hardy, Michael Morpurgo and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
article_snippet: By R.H.D. Barham, whose poem features Haldon Hill - where the solar farm now sits .
article_snippet: In the middle of the 19th Century, the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham wrote the poem, The Monk Of Haldon – part of which is reproduced on the right – describing the very spot where the farm, now nearing completion, lies.
article_snippet: There is no fairer scene anywhere, the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham writes.
article_snippet: On the Ashcombe estate website, the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham describes the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham and
article_snippet: the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham family as ‘custodians’ of the Ashcombe estate website landscape.
article_snippet: Asked whether the Devonshire poet
article_snippet: R. H. D. Barham thought the Devonshire poet
article_snippet: R. H. D. Barham might have thought the farm added to the farm beauty, the Devonshire poet R. H. D. Barham again refused to comment.