Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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One of the 'did they put it back upside down when they rebuilt it?' stones at Grey Wethers double stone circle on Dartmoor. It was restored in 1909, I have no idea how accurately or otherwise, and presumably nobody else does either. But personally I like how they look this way up.
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#StandingStoneSunday #megalithic #dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #greywethers #blackandwhitephotography #landscapephotography

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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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It’s arrived! Thank you so much @BeccaThorne - it’s wonderful.

#art #dartmoor #artonmastodon #dartmoorcollective

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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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'Twist', an old farmhouse on the western edge of Dartmoor, mentioned in the Domesday Book, abandoned at some point in the 20th century.

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#fensterfreitag #dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #blackandwhitephotography #abandoned

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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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Simon Blackbourn · @simonblackbourn
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To Plymothians heading to the right to roam protest on Dartmoor this Saturday: please do not drive if possible as there is almost no parking space in Cornwood.

The 59 bus leaves Royal Parade (stop A13 outside Poundland) at 11.05am, arriving in Cornwood 11.45am. It looks like there will be a contingent of us travelling on the bus, so come along and join the party!

eventbrite.com/e/raise-old-cro

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#righttoroam #dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #wildcamping #protest #plymouth

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Becca Thorne · @BeccaThorne
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Colours of Dartmoor: oil on canvas, 18 x 24", with very many thanks to mastodon.art/@onlyindevon@mast for the reference photo.

#dartmoorcollective #dartmoor #landscape #oilpainting

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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There was a weird moment when I was up at the Powder Mills yesterday when one of the huge clouds I’d photographed earlier passed over and cast everything into dark shadow apart from a narrow band of pale gold on the Tor opposite.

The birds fell silent and settled into the trees, as if it was time to roost, even though it was only early afternoon.

It was genuinely eerie, and the light was extraordinary.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #winterlight #photography

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Powder Mills. Former site of Devon’s only gunpowder factory.

It supplied the local mines and quarries and the Royal Navy in Plymouth.

At its height a community of 150 people lived and worked in this remote spot.

The building are widely spaced across the site - to ensure that any accident in one didn’t set off a chain reaction in the others.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #history #gunpowder #abandonedplaces

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Powder Mills. Former site of Devon’s only gunpowder factory.

It supplied the local mines and quarries and the Royal Navy in Plymouth.

At its height a community of 150 people lived and worked in this remote spot.

The building are widely spaced across the site - to ensure that any accident in one didn’t set off a chain reaction in the others.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #history #gunpowder

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
422 followers · 846 posts · Server mastodon.social

Powder Mills. Former site of Devon’s only gunpowder factory.

It supplied the local mines and quarries and the Royal Navy in Plymouth.

At its height a community of 150 people lived and worked in this remote spot.

The building are widely spaced across the site - to ensure that any accident in one didn’t set off a chain reaction in the others.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #history #gunpowder

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Some heavy duty cloud incoming over the south moor earlier.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #winter #weather #photography #landscape

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Some heavy duty cloud incoming over the south moor earlier.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #winter #weather #photography #landscape

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
425 followers · 844 posts · Server mastodon.social

Some heavy duty cloud incoming over the south moor earlier.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #winter #weather #photography #landscape

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
425 followers · 844 posts · Server mastodon.social

Some heavy duty cloud incoming over the south moor earlier.

#dartmoor #dartmoorcollective #winter #weather #photography

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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Shaft.

This sort of thing is why we don't go bimbling about on the moor in the dark.

Oh...

#dartmoor #mining #dartmoorcollective

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Jon Vernon · @onlyindevon
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