Posts Tagged ‘bog’
Swincombe Site Visit
This week we joined Laurie Phippen from the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster on a visit to our land at Swincombe. One aim was to check on the health of the river and surrounding marshland, where there is still lots of evidence from extensive tin streaming activities in the past. Laurie came equipped to measure the…
Read MoreChallacombe Farm: Showcasing Sustainable Farming on Dartmoor
Challacombe Farm, near to Postbridge and the Bronze Age hut circles at Grimspound, is a Duchy of Cornwall farm, run by tenant farmers Mark Owen and Naomi Oakley. After featuring a fascinating insight into their low impact farming practices in our collaborative film with Clapham Film Unit, Dartmoor Calling, we were delighted to have the…
Read MorePeatland Restoration at Tor Royal Bog
Tor Royal Bog, just outside of Princetown, is the single example of a raised bog on Dartmoor. This important habitat is created when the peat deposit forms a smooth dome, raised higher than the surrounding water table, becoming fed by rainwater rather than groundwater. Tor Royal Bog covers approximately 8 hectares and is designated as…
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