Events

Report on Dartmoor Wild Camping Discussion

We held a meeting on Wednesday 29th March at Moretonhampstead Parish Hall to understand the current position about wild camping on Dartmoor and the i…

Presentation of the Dartmoor Society Award 2020 to our former chairman, Dr Tom Greeves

The Jubilee Hall, Chagford was the venue for our AGM on 14th August and our special guests were Tom and Lis Greeves. Tom was the recipient of last ye…

Report on Virtual Annual General Meeting held on 21st October 2020

Thank you to all members who returned their voting forms for the 2020 Virtual AGM. Apart from a couple of abstentions, respondents voted in favour of …

Virtual AGM 2020

We had hoped to be able to hold our postponed AGM in the autumn, possibly as an outdoor event. However, as the rules stand and with the threat of a se…

AGM postponed

Given current advice regarding the ongoing coronavirus situation, the Executive Committee have decided that the forthcoming AGM and talk by Eamon Crow…

Higher Shilstone – Memories of a Medieval Farmstead on Dartmoor

On the afternoon of Saturday 15th February, 55 attendees struggled through some very difficult weather conditions created by storm “Dennis&rdq…

Dartmoor Society Research Lecture 2019

It was a record breaker when 100 people congregated in the upstairs function room of the Dolphin Hotel Bovey Tracey on the 15th November to hear the…

Dartmoor Society Debate 2019

Eight excellent speakers which included scientists, conservationists and wildlife experts, as well as 150 attendees, created the ingredients for our…

William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust Visit

28 eager Dartmoor Society members convened in the car park of the William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust on 18th September. Our host was Sheila Philips…

Widecombe Fair 2019

On Tuesday 10th September the Dartmoor Society attended Widecombe Fair. Our stand was very near the show ring so we had a “birds’ eye vi…