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Long Mynd Heather on Long Mynd, Shropshire, Eng.

South Shropshire

former district, England, United Kingdom
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South Shropshire, former district, administrative county of Shropshire, western England. Nearly all of the former district lies in the historic county of Shropshire, but a small area south of Ludlow is part of the historic county of Herefordshire. Wales borders the mostly rural area to the west. The Shropshire Hills, a series of ridges oriented southwest to northeast, including the Stiperstones, Long Mynd, and Clee Hills, rise to elevations of 1,600 to 1,700 feet (475...

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