The story of British glaciation is devoid of nuance. It states that everything north of the ice sheet limit was glaciated, and everything south of it was not glaciated. But maybe Dartmoor was glaciated after all?
Category: <span>Dartmoor</span>
Shilstone – a modest place of not-so-very-much on first appearance. Yet, by looking closer, it is an intriguing location – a microcosm of Dartmoor history.
Reflecting back on a year of walking to all the tors on Dartmoor, I realised my knowledge, approach and attitude is not the same as when I started. Here are the main things I learnt.
Today, Dartmoor is a protected landscape and the DNP Authority have it within their mission to conserve its wildlife, heritage and beauty. But our ideas about what is beautiful, important and how best to manage land and landscapes have long been contested and fluid.
At the start of 2020, most unlike me, I set myself the goal of walking to all the tors on Dartmoor in one calendar year.
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