Martin Broadbent, a Dartington volunteer, is collaborating with Mary Bartlett to survey, map and list the gravestones in St Mary’s Old Churchyard. As the project progresses, Sonja finds out how stone rubbing is aiding Martin's work.
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Author: Dartington Trust
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Fairytale fun as new play area launches at Dartington
A new natural play facility on the Dartington estate was launched recently with a unicorn-themed fun day for children of all ages.
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Works starts to conserve Dartington’s Deer Park Wall following funding success
Work is now underway to breathe new life into Dartington’s 66 acre medieval Deer Park after The Dartington Hall Trust successfully met its £998,000 fundraising target in September.
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Obituary: Marianne de Trey
Marianne de Trey, who has died aged 102, was one of the pioneers of the British functional studio ceramics movement after the second world war.
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Food and Farming blog: Getting our ducks in a row at Queen’s Marsh
Following the results of a feasibility study which recommended proactively reinstating wetland habitats in Queen’s Marsh, Harriet has been trying to do exactly that - but it's not the simplest of tasks...
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Volunteer blog: Dartington’s ancestral stones
The identity of those buried in St Mary's Old Churchyard, is to a significant degree, unknown. Martin Broadbent, a volunteer, has begun research to discover more of this Dartington story.
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New heritage attraction gets green light – nearly!
The Dartington Hall Trust has secured new funding of almost £750,000 to repair and conserve a historically significant area of the 800-acre estate – a medieval Deer Park and its 18th century Grade II listed stone wall.
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Conservation diary: Keeping track of nesting birds at Dartington
Each year Mike and the volunteers carry out a nest box survey across the Dartington estate for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) - a scheme that has been going for over 25 years.
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Step back 4.6 billion years with the Deep Time Walk App
The new Deep Time Walk App is a walking audio history of the Living Earth - giving users a detailed and dramatised experience of the planet’s 4.6 billion year big history as they are guided on a 4.6 kilometre walk across time.
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Conservation diary: Grasshoppers and other spring sightings
April is the first month where you might be able to see or hear a Meadow Grasshopper at Dartington, with sightings possible until the late autumn.
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