Posts Tagged ‘Swincombe’
Devonshire Association Botany Section visit Swincombe
10 members of the Devonshire Association Botany Section came on a site visit to our land in the Swincombe valley on the 20th of June. These included the BSBI (Botanical Society for the British Isles) county recorder and a member of DBRC (Devon Biological Records Centre) field survey team, as well as other top notch…
Read MorePreserving Swincombe: Dartmoor’s Hidden Wild Treasure
Nestled where the River Strane meets the River Swincombe lies a remarkable 50-acre expanse of true Dartmoor moorland, owned and lovingly managed by the Dartmoor Preservation Association. This landscape, with its striking open vistas and wild charm, was once under threat of flooding to create a reservoir. The campaign to save it was championed by…
Read MoreSwincombe 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 MoreNew Sylvia Sayer Walking Route
As part of our collaborative ‘Dartmoor Calling’ project with Clapham Film Unit, local guides led two Sylvia Sayer Walks. These walks took in some of the sites on Dartmoor which Lady Sayer campaigned so passionately to protect. We are delighted to now share a printable walk leaflet, which includes both written instructions and a map…
Read MoreSwincombe: Dartmoor’s Wild Heart
Dartmoor’s iconic landscape, with its expansive moors, granite tors, and biodiverse peatlands, is more than just visually stunning—it is an important upland ecosystem that supports an array of habitats that play an essential role in carbon sequestration. Among these unique areas is the Swincombe valley in the heart of Dartmoor, which has long been a…
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