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?
The Dava Project
Murderous Intentions
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Grantown Museum
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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.