Dartmoor Walk: Foxtor Mire, Prison-Built Church, Drizzlecombe’s Tallest Standing Stone
From Absolute History.
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A 12-mile journey across Dartmoor reveals a landscape that’s far from empty. It tests your footing, lifts your spirit, and hides stories you won’t see coming.
From Princetown’s St Michael’s and All Angels Church uniquely built by French and American prisoners of war, to the “Road to Nowhere” carved by WWI conscientious objectors, this walk uncovers human grit in a wild place. We venture toward Foxtor Mire to see how Dartmoor’s peat bogs quietly lock away around 10 million tonnes of carbon, hear a methane tale that turns night into blue flickers, and meet Satish Kumar whose Dartmoor meditation reframes nature as sacred. Along the way: Dartmoor ponies, a hint of the Hound, a War Horse film location, and Drizzlecombe’s four-and-a-half-metre standing stone aligned with ancient burials.
Step into a moor that shapes lives, faith, science and art — and decide what it awakens in you. Watch the full episode to experience the weather swings, wisdom, and wonder for yourself.
#Dartmoor #WalksOfLife #FoxtorMire #PeatBogs #Drizzlecombe #DartmoorPrison #SatishKumar
From Princetown’s St Michael’s and All Angels Church uniquely built by French and American prisoners of war, to the “Road to Nowhere” carved by WWI conscientious objectors, this walk uncovers human grit in a wild place. We venture toward Foxtor Mire to see how Dartmoor’s peat bogs quietly lock away around 10 million tonnes of carbon, hear a methane tale that turns night into blue flickers, and meet Satish Kumar whose Dartmoor meditation reframes nature as sacred. Along the way: Dartmoor ponies, a hint of the Hound, a War Horse film location, and Drizzlecombe’s four-and-a-half-metre standing stone aligned with ancient burials.
Step into a moor that shapes lives, faith, science and art — and decide what it awakens in you. Watch the full episode to experience the weather swings, wisdom, and wonder for yourself.
#Dartmoor #WalksOfLife #FoxtorMire #PeatBogs #Drizzlecombe #DartmoorPrison #SatishKumar
