Worth’s Dartmoor – Contents
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Transhumance and Smart Longhouses on Dartmoor (Buildings Section)
Open to all – to be held by Zoom video conferencing. John Thorp, buildings archaeologist, will give a talk on one of Devon’s most quintessential building forms “Transhumance and Smart Longhouses on Dartmoor”. The...
The History of Dartmoor (History Section)
To be held by Zoom video conferencing A talk by Paul Rendell exploring the history of Dartmoor from the Bronze Age to the present day. Paul Rendell, also known as ’Dartmoor Paul’, is a...
Swifts on Dartmoor – A Screaming Success (E Devon Branch)
On Friday 9 October 2020 the East Devon Branch was due to hold a joint meeting with the Sidmouth Science Festival and I am pleased to report that the scheduled talk can still be...
Re-wilding Dartmoor (Tavistock Branch)
Adam Owen, the Director of Moor Trees, will give an illustrated talk on Re-wilding Dartmoor.
The Two Moors Way (S Devon Branch)
Now renamed as “Confessions of a Guidebook Writer”, Sue Viccars, the editor of Dartmoor Magazine, will look at the good bits (and the tricky bits!) of writing up a long-distance walking route, focusing on...
East Devon Branch report: Sep 2019 to Jan 2020
Our autumn programme began with two new ventures, the first being a joint lunch in September with the Exeter Branch at the Exeter Golf and Country Club. In his pre lunch lecture our President,...
From Druids to Drones (Plymouth Branch)
A talk From Druids to Drones: a history of Dartmoor archaeology by Andrew Thompson. From prehistoric stone rows and roundhouses to 20th-century quarries and firing ranges, Dartmoor is one of Europe’s richest archaeological landscapes....
Dartmoor – A Celebration (E Devon Branch)
A celebratory meeting to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Branch with a talk ‘Dartmoor – A celebration of its people, places and wildlife’ by Andrew Cooper. Admission by ticket £3...
Dartmoor Boundaries (Tavistock Branch)
Richard Horsham will give an illustrated talk on Dartmoor Boundaries – stones, walls, fences, hedges – their history and construction.