The diversity of the in the Dartmoor Trust Archive&rsquo;s images is stunning. The intriguing pictures of the archaeological, historic social, natural history of Dartmoor and its surrounds, once kept on shelves in archive boxes, is now on its digital journey and open to all who visit this site. As we progress in digitizing archive collections, in redesigning the website for easier viewing and searching, we are able to broaden access for our viewers. It seemed a natural choice then, to progress toward using social media platforms too.

By the Spring of 2019 we re-launched our social media platforms finding a new place in the Dartmoor conversation and are thankful to you, our growing local, national and increasing global social media audience for finding and following us.

Our Archive holds more than 27,000 visual written and oral records spanning nearly two hundred years. We aim to share; though our images, the curious stories, family connections, the lost industries, still continuing traditions and rural cultures of Dartmoor, its villages, towns and cities nearby. Our eclectic collections contain many themes- In our social media posts we home in and explore them as weekly or fortnightly series. Here, you can encounter something new, unexpected and fascinating from The Dartmoor Trust Archive in your daily feed.

August 2019: #Farming #Haymaking #Farminglife : A distinct and historic farming diary event during August.

#AfternoonTea #Traditions : There&rsquo;s always time for tea -especially a Devon Cream Tea.

#Manaton : Exploring the life and times of a beloved Dartmoor village.

September 2019: #AManatonCentury : Highlighting the life and artworks of William Henry Jones. We promote our A Manaton Century exhibition.

#Dairy #RuralHistory #Farming : Dairy farming and dairy schools.

#Trees #AncientWoodland : A micro-collection of images of distinctive tree-clumps, ancient woodland and well-known individual oak trees.

October 2019: Continued: #Trees #AncientWoodland #OakTrees #TreeClumps #DevonLandmarks

#DartmoorTors #Granite : A tour of the Dartmoor Tors- many through a 19th Century lens.

November 2019: #BronzeageArchaeology #Grimspound #DartmoorCrosses #Chritianity #Navigation #Waymarker #Megalith #Prehistoric #Kistvaen #Neolithic #Cist : Prehistoric archaeology

December 2019: Continued: #PreHistoric #StoneCircles #Bronzeage #Neolithic #Orthostats #Megaliths #Menhir #StandingStones

#BurratorReservoir #Dam : The mighty construction of the Burrator Dam and Reservoir.

#DartmoorDogs : Our faithful friends in the limelight.

January 2020: Buildings of Interest: #Cottages #Thatch : From their very humble origins to the modern-day picturesque idylls they present as today.

#Transportation : From horse drawn carriages to motorbikes.

February 2020: #Trains #Railways #GreatWesternRailway #SteamTrains : Evocative series on the lost lines and trains that once traversed Dartmoor.

#Snow : Winter landscapes

March 2020: #DartmoorLandscapes

#Bridges : A focus on the many wonderful bridges of Dartmoor and fringe villages.

April 2020: Continued: #Bridges

#Dartmoorindustries #Peat : The peat cutting and drying traditions of Dartmoor.

#Sheepfarming #SheepSheering : Images of sheep farming traditions.

May 2020: #CreepHoles #Sheepfold : Sheep farming traditions seen in the dry-stone walls of Dartmoor.

#Beaches #Coves #DevonCoast : The beautiful South West coast.

#VEDay #WW11 #VE75 : Commemoration of Victory in Europe day.

#Hallsands : R. Hansford Worth&rsquo;s poignant photographs documenting the village of Hallsands.

June 2020 Blog: #Herstory : A series celebrating the interesting everyday lives and often unexpected experiences of the women in our collections.

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EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHS, including drawings and watercolours by William Jones (1860-1923) and contemporary works by Mairi Hunt and Trevor Meadows At Neadon Barn, Manaton TQ13 9UY, 7 – 22 September 2019, AUCTION OF DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS BY WILLIAM JONES (1860 – 1923) AND LAUNCH of A MANATON CENTURY by Simon Butler and RAILWAYS AROUND DARTMOOR by Bernard Mills. At Neadon Barn 21 September 6.00pm. Images of the delightful works being auctioned are at <a href="http://www.dartmoorarchive.org/collection/84">here</a>You can download a copy of the event flyer by clicking on this image. <a href="https://dartmoorassets.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/manaton_century.pdf"><img src="https://dartmoorassets.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/manaton_century_thumb.jpg"/></a>To purchase a copy of the book please visit <a href="http://www.halsgrove.com">Halsgrove.</>

A Manaton Century

The Dartmoor Archive offers a free and secure place for your photographs, video and audio of Dartmoor's past. If you have a collection that you would like to add to the Archive, please get in touch through <a href="mailto:manager@dartmoorarchive.org?subject=New Collections">manager@dartmoorarchive.org</a> .

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The Dartmoor Trust has financed the digitisation of this important historic collection of photographs taken by the author and antiquarian R. Hansford Worth between the 1880s and 1940s, the originals held by the Torquay Natural History Museum. You can see the collection <a href="http://dartmoorarchive.org/archive/collection/worth">here</a>

Worth Collection

We have been featured by the Dartmoor Collective who has written a wonderful article about our work here at the Dartmoor Archive. You can read over at their <a href="https://dartmoorcollective.org/featured-content/documenting-dartmoor/">website</a>.

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