The Dava Project
The Dava Moor stretches across a broad landscape north of Grantown-on-Spey towards Nairn. From its rise in the 1700s to its decline in the 1960, the area nurtured a bustling community. Today only fourteen households remain. Take a journey into in this wild landscape to discover the story of the Dava moor and it people . Who were the farmers and crofters who made a life on these windswept miles of moorland? Why did they choose to make their homes here? And why did they leave?
Podcasting since 2021 • 4 episodes
The Dava Project
Latest Episodes
Clearance
As we follow the Dava into the 19th century, listen as Charles Fletcher and Dan Cottam uncover a story all too familiar across the Highlands... the catastrophic loss of language and severing of an enduring relationship between people and their ...
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Episode 4
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34:33
Murderous Intentions
In this third episode, we discover more about the 'improvements' made to the Dava moor in the 18th century and how this led to discontent, hardship and even murder.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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24:53
