By the hand of man

Stonehenge

Photographs of a number of old structures made by man including Stonehenge, the oldest in this set, and the Caen Hill locks on the Kennet and Avon canal which are the most recent. Also included are images of Corfe Castle and the Cerne Abbas figure. All are located in the counties of Dorset or Wiltshire. [...]

An evening on the south west edge of Dartmoor

Trowlesworthy Tors in evening light

Photographs from an evening walking the south west edge of Dartmoor around Shell Top and Penn Beacon and overlooking the china clay works and towards Plymouth Sound in the evening sunlight [...]

A dry year so far on Dartmoor

Exposed hut circle in the Avon reservoir May 2011

Photos of the Avon reservoir and area on June 1 2011 with low water due to low rainfall which has exposed an ancient hut circle taken on an evening walk on Dartmoor [...]

Some Spring sunshine around Plymouth

Smeaton's Tower on the Hoe

Landmarks on Plymouth Sound in some spring sun [...]

Remains, ancient and modern, on Hameldon

Hameldon cross

Remains from the Neolithic through to World War 2 observed while walking Hameldon on Dartmoor. [...]

Grimspound bronze age settlement

I’ve referred to Grimspound settlement in some previous blogs however I have not blogged it specifically.  The area I walked for this blog is just to the west of Grimspound.  I was walking in the area last week and, as part of the walk, I wandered around the area and got [...]

Walking up the Zeal Tor tramway

A welcome opportunity for a walk on the moors with a friend took us to Shipley Bridge on the southern edge of the moors.  It was late February and, although not cold, the weather was best described as “mixed” I guess.  The car park there is often quite full and used [...]

Mining and antiquities on Dartmoor

Blocking stone on the rows on Challacombe Down

Effectively this is a follow on from my previous post from the same day’s walk here.  The photos in the previous one were orientated around the scenery on the day and this one covers some of the antiquities and remains in the Headland Warren area generally.  Walking south from [...]

Man’s fingerprints on Dartmoor

In a sense this is “part 2″ of my previous post here.  The images were all taken on the same day and, while showing quite a wild part of the UK, also indicate some of  the ways the moors have been used over centuries.  The work of man can be seen [...]

The strange beauty of remote landscapes

I guess I was in a thoughtful mood while I was out today and the title of this occurred to me while I was driving up to the moors. We have had a few frosty mornings over the past few days (temperatures around -3 deg C) but this was the first [...]

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