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What's new on Our Dartmoor

Our Dartmoor is a small project being built and improved bit by bit, often with the help of AI. This is where we log what's changed - newest first.

2026

Safety

Live safety alerts on the map

The map now shows live military firing times and river 'storm overflow' status. When firing is scheduled the ranges light up with a clear warning, and a floating alert lets you know at a glance if either is active as you arrive.
Safety

River health on the map

A new map layer shows where storm overflows may be discharging into Dartmoor's rivers and streams right now, or have in the last 24 hours - handy to check before you swim or paddle, especially after rain.
New content

More local businesses, properly written up

We added many more Dartmoor businesses to the directory, each with its own description and images rather than a bare name and address.
New feature

Sunrise, sunset and golden hour

A new tool shows sunrise, sunset and the direction of golden-hour light for any spot on the moor - built with photographers and walkers in mind.
New content

Longer articles about Dartmoor

Started publishing longer reads about the moor's places, history and folklore - beginning with the strange afterlife of the Bowerman's Nose legend.
New content

Village and town guides

Introduced pages for Dartmoor's villages, towns and hamlets, each with a short introduction and photographs.
New feature

Historic maps you can slide through

Fade between today's map and historic surveys of Dartmoor going back to the 1880s, to see how the landscape and its places have changed.
More listings

Tors and landmarks

Dartmoor's tors and best-known landmarks are now in the directory and on the map.
More listings

Heritage and ancient sites

Added hundreds of the moor's stone circles, hut circles, cairns and monuments, so you can find the archaeology near wherever you're headed.
New content

Myths and legends

Began adding Dartmoor's folklore - its pixies, witches and petrified huntsmen - as its own part of the directory, tied to the real places on the map.
Improvement

A cleverer search

Search now copes with apostrophes and near-misses - type 'bowermans' and it still finds Bowerman's Nose.
New feature

News from around the moor

A Dartmoor news page that gathers recent headlines from local outlets in one place, always linking back to the original report.
New feature

A rebuilt Our Dartmoor

The site moved to a new, faster, purpose-built directory with an interactive map at its heart. Like much of what follows, it was built with the help of AI - a small project trying to do a big one's job.