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Adrian Colston's PhD thesis on the conflicting stories told about Dartmoor's Commons, and the search for consensus between farmers, conservationists and other stakeholders.
Adrian Colston's Dartmoor Magazine article on the future of hill-farming, biodiversity and climate policy on the moor, written after the 2021 Tavy Cleave wildfire.
On the southern moor about Holne, the story of Alison and the farming folk around her.
Princetown
Ruins of a moorland farmhouse built around 1871 by John Hooper near Nun's Cross, south of Princetown.
Postbridge, Chagford
Stone foundations of a moorland sheepfold, where Dartmoor's shepherds once gathered their flocks among the granite and heather.
Crediton
The Whiteface Dartmoor Sheep Breeders’ Association was formed at a meeting in 1951 when those attending recognised that the breed was in danger of becoming extinct.
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Newton Abbot
Home-reared beef and lamb, cut to requirements, labelled and packaged for the freezer.
Ashburton, Poundsgate
The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association (DHPA) is a membership organisation for hill-farmers using their ancient right to graze ponies on the commons of Dartmoor all year round. It is the Breeders’ Association for the Native Semi-wild Dartmoor Hill Pony Population.
PhD. Conservationist-now a rural social scientist worrying about uplands, wildlife & hill-farmers
