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public house, trading as an inn since at least 1793 and possibly as early as 1752, and has its own museum housing fossils, dinosaur bones and archaeological finds. It is Grade II listed, partly for the retained historic absence of a counter, beer being served instead through two serving hatches. A
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in the 1990s and is used as a display room. The name Spyway refers to the smuggling activities that used to take place at this location, and Spyway Barn was used to store smuggled goods. The
National Trust also own an adjacent cottage, Spyway Cottage, which is available for holiday
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dinosaur footprints. Discovered in 1997 and opened to the public in 2016, these 140 million year old footprints were left by
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