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...
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...
The contents page of Worth’s Dartmoor Click on the page number to go to that section. A work in progress – as of 20 April 2021 just the first five sections are available. Introductory...
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...
Adam Owen, the Director of Moor Trees, will give an illustrated talk on Re-wilding Dartmoor.
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...
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,...
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....
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...
Richard Horsham will give an illustrated talk on Dartmoor Boundaries – stones, walls, fences, hedges – their history and construction.