A group of Dartmoor farmers have signed up to a new scheme to benefit wildlife in three Dartmoor river catchment areas.
So far 34 farmers in the East Dart, Upper Tavy and Cherry Brook/Lower West Dart catchments have signed up to work together to improve the natural environment at a landscape scale, to achieve greater improvements collectively than individual holdings may achieve on their own. A second scheme based around the Erme/ Yealm catchments is also being funded.
The schemes are being funded through the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund which was established...
Find out more about the fascinating heritage projects that have been carried out as part of the Moor than meets the eye (MTMTE) Scheme at a free event on 10 March.
The event is being held at Dartmoor National Park Headquarters, on Saturday 10 March 2018, to celebrate the multitude of volunteer-led community heritage projects that have been running on Dartmoor as part of this Heritage Lottery funded scheme.
There will be a chance to hear the stories of twelve of the fourteen parishes involved in the Parishscapes project. The restoration of Buckland-in-the-moor’s Ten...
Recent research proves engaging with National Parks improves mental and physical wellbeing. Evidence has been published in light of action research carried out in two linked 3-year long projects by Dartmoor and Exmoor National Park Authorities.
Partners from Public Health England, Devon Local Nature Partnership, Active Devon, and Devon and Somerset County Councils gathered on Friday 16th February to hear the results of the ‘Moor Health and Wellbeing’ report. The evaluation, carried out by Plymouth University, weighs up the challenges and successes faced by Dartmoor’s Naturally...
A new exhibition by two Dartmoor based artists - Dave Peake and Rosemary Bonney - has opened at the National Park Visitor Centre in Princetown focusing on the influence of water on the Dartmoor landscape as well as providing a glimpse of what lies beneath!
Dave Peake has been fascinated by the underwater world for most of his life and began his exploration of this alien environment at the age of fifteen, diving and snorkelling in the sea in the Plymouth area. After a career as a Police Diver he retired in 1995 and now lives in the Yelverton area. He dives and takes photographs of...
A book that tells the story of Dartmoor, as seen through the eyes of eighteenth and nineteenth century artists, has recently been published. Researched and written by Peter F. Mason, Dartmoor, a Wild and Wondrous Region – the Portrayal of Dartmoor in Art, 1750 - 1920, accompanies the exhibition of the same name running at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) Exeter until 1 April 2018.
The largest of its kind in a generation, the exhibition includes oil paintings, watercolours, early photographs and postcards from RAMM’s own collection as well as loans from other museums and...
Villagers on Dartmoor have received a postcard from the past, and an invitation inspired by First World War gift parcels. Wearing period costume, National Trust staff and volunteers from Castle Drogo made the deliveries to homes in the neighbouring village of Drewsteignton. The team has been researching the impact of the First World War on the house and village as part of the Devon Remembers Heritage Project, an initiative exploring the county’s unique First World War history. The team were struck by the story of a small group of Drewsteignton volunteers who formed a ‘Christmas Gifts...
A new exhibition by the Heritage Lottery funded Moor than meets the eye scheme is currently on display at the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown.
The exhibition features some of the twenty-eight heritage projects that make up the scheme, including those run by local communities who have been telling the Dartmoor Story from a parish perspective.
Restoring the Ten Commandments Stones monument, excavating a ‘lost’ medieval manor, protecting bats in the Bovey Valley and investigating a post-medieval farmstead are just some of the projects featured.
A dig which unearthed the remains of a Bronze Age burial on Dartmoor in 2011 has been nominated for a prestigious archaeology award.
The discovery of a unique collection of Bronze Age grave goods on Whitehorse Hill was made by archaeologists working for Dartmoor National Park Authority on Wednesday 10 August 2011 while excavating a prehistoric burial situated at over 600 metres above sea level on Dartmoor.
The nomination is for Rescue Dig of the Year and is part of the annual Current Archaeology Awards. Current Archaeology is the UK’s best-selling archaeology magazine,...
Hard work, dedication, wonderful horses and spectacular scenery have earned Babeny Farm Stables in Dartmoor a prestigious award at the Herald Express South Devon and English Riviera Tourism and Hospitality Awards.
Proprietor Dee Dee Wilkinson was presented with a Silver in the Tourism Event or Sporting Activity category at the ceremony which was held at the Riviera International Conference Centre last week.
The stables are located at Poundsgate in the heart of Dartmoor and between April and October provide trail riding experiences across Dartmoor’s stunning landscape...
