Download or read book The Nature of Dartmoor written by English Nature (Agency) and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dartmoor Essential Nature Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dartmoor Collins New Naturalist Library Book 111 written by Ian Mercer and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Naturalist Dartmoor explores the complex and fascinating history of one of southern England's greatest National Parks, an area of enormous interest to naturalists and tourists alike.
Download or read book The Discovery of Dartmoor written by Patricia Carolyn Milton and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early visitors to Dartmoor, that great granite mass dominating the centre of Devonshire, usually complained about its climate, agreeing that 'this one thinge is to be observed that all the yere through out commonly it rayneth or it is fowle wether in that more or desert'. Around the skirts of the moor, as a discomforted 18th-century traveller found, the terrain was difficult, 'the soil exceedingly swampy and moist, and covered with bogmoss', through which his horses' legs 'penetrated knee-deep at every step'. Faring no better, the high moor was judged as 'dreary in the extreme', of 'unprepossessing aspect', and presenting nothing of interest. William Gilpin, arbiter of the picturesque, hurried away, declaring that Brentor was 'so immersed in clouds' he could not even distinguish its shape. Town dwellers despised the moorlanders, 'said to be born Clowns, their Carriage being very rustic and ungainly, and their speech so coarse, corrupt, and uncouth, as to be scarcely intelligible to strangers'. Yet, somehow and at some time, perceptions of the region and its people changed. The climate became healthy and bracing, the terrain wild and wondrous. Dartmorians' voices sounded 'liquid', like the 'rapid purling of the little streams', and the vibrant quality of their lives became the envy of outsiders. Landscape artists discovered that the 'vagrant mists' would eventually dissolve, to reveal a wilderness of haunting beauty surmounting gentle wooded valleys. Within a broad social and cultural context, writers and artists have contributed to this transformation of Dartmoor and its dwellers in various ways. The area retains its rugged natural beauty, and, surrounded by urban and coastal development, remains a focus for the outdoor movement of the 20th and 21st centuries. This book is a major addition to the literature of Dartmoor.
Download or read book Dartmoor written by Leslie Arthur Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a general introduction to the region and its natural history, and covers every aspect of Dartmoor, including its geology, climate, drainage system and flora and fauna.The moors, tors, bogs and woodlands are each given careful attention, and there are two chapters on the history of the area from prehistoric times and the character of the Dartmoor people.The controversy over the competing claims on Dartmoor of national defence, water supply, mineral working, afforestation, hill sheep-farming, public recreation and nature conservation is also fully discussed.
Download or read book Dartmoor written by Ian Mercer and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Naturalist Dartmoor explores the complex and fascinating history of one of southern England's greatest National Parks, an area of enormous interest to naturalists and tourists alike
Download or read book Dartmoor National Park written by Andrew Cooper and published by Green Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a celebration of Dartmoor National Park, in its 60th birthday year - highlighting its beauty, wildlife and the cultural heritage of its special landscape and the people who live and work there.
Download or read book The Natural History of South Devon written by John C. Bellamy and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
Download or read book A Hundred Years on Dartmoor written by William Crossing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Hundred Years on Dartmoor: Historical Notices of the Forest and Its Purlieus During the Nineteenth Century The valleys which shelter them give promise of plenty, for Nature there is smiling, and it is only when the visitor gains a glimpse of the sombre old Moor that he recollects she can sometimes wear a frown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Journal of Ten Days Excursion on the Western and Northern Borders of Dartmoor 1830 written by Sophie Dixon and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Dartmoor Days written by Edward William Lewis Davies and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Dartmoor written by Sale and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the NATIONAL PARK GUIDE series, this volume introduces Dartmoor. It details the geology and scenery, climate, vegetation and wildlife, man's influence: prehistory and history, myths and customs and explores the Park giving useful information on recreational opportunities and places of interest. The colour photographs are by Chris Chapman.
Download or read book Dartmoor Adventure Atlas written by A-Z Map Company Staff and published by Adventure series. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The A-Z Adventure Series of maps combines the best of OS and A-Z, creating the perfect companion for walkers, off-road cyclists, horse riders and anyone wishing to explore the great outdoors.Dartmoor is a National Park in south west England covering 368 square miles (954 sq km). Rich in outstanding natural beauty, with wild open moorland, striking granite tors and peaceful wooded river valleys, Dartmoor is a popular destination for walkers who can roam freely over Dartmoor common land and other access land.This A-Z Adventure Atlas of Dartmoor features 70 pages of continuous Ordnance Survey 1:25 000 mapping and, unlike original OS sheets, a comprehensive index to towns, villages, hamlets and locations, natural features, nature reserves, car parks and youth hostels. Each index entry has a page reference and a six figure National Grid Reference. With a book size of 240mm x 134mm, it is the same size as the standard folded OS map.Also included is safety and security advice when walking and a selection of QR codes to access useful websites with your smartphone.Other National Parks available within the A-Z Adventure series include: The Broads, Brecon Beacons, Exmoor, Lake District, New Forest, North York Moors, Peak District and Snowdonia.
Download or read book Dartmoor written by Michelle Dibb and published by History Press. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Dartmoor
Download or read book Dartmoor National Park and the Nature Conservancy Council written by Nature Conservancy Council (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quartz and Feldspar written by Matthew Kelly and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite bosses punctuating Britain’s southwest peninsula. A miserable place of rain and bog or a sunny upland of exquisite natural beauty, here the elements are raw, the sky huge and nature seems ascendant. But it is no less a place made by human beings. Stone circles, crosses, dwellings and boundaries speak of the ancient, medieval and modern people that extracted a living from the moorscape and created what it is today. Where convicts are incarcerated, backpackers roam freely; where commoners graze livestock, the army is trained; where the National Park Authority exercises control, the Duchy of Cornwall claims ownership. And Dartmoor remains a place that provides. Reservoirs hold the water drunk by local people. China clay is extracted from its mineral reserves. Not long ago granite was quarried from its hillsides. What is modern Dartmoor and what should it be? Did druids officiate here? Can the bog be drained and crops grown? Is it the place for a prison? And what of its people’s future, and the fate of its ponies, cows and sheep? For three hundred years such questions have been asked of the moor. Quartz and Feldspar does not so much provide answers as unearth those who did and the arguments they provoked.
Download or read book Dartmoor National Park Plan written by Dartmoor National Park Authority and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
