Students Spring into Action

Just six weeks on from their last visit, the students of the University of Exeter were back in the woods to continue their conservation task at the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve. In that short time the seasons had changed and, on a cool morning, some spring time wildlife was waiting to welcome the students. Their aims for the day were to clear undergrowth around some of the archaeological features in the valley; two ancient farmsteads are being gradually revealed to allow closer investigation with an excavation in April. This careful clearance work is also creating a few sunny glades for woodland wildlife.

The woodland conservation work and the forthcoming excavation at the East Dartmoor National Nature Reserve is all part of the 

Moor than meets the eye scheme, a Landscape Partnership scheme, that is funded by the

Heritage Lottery Fund.

by Matt Parkins