Dartmoor Preservation Association is one of the oldest environmental or amenity bodies in the UK. It was founded in 1883. It concerns itself with Dartmoor, a National Park in Devon, south-west England
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Frontispiece of DPA book about Commons and Commoners' Rights, published 1890
DPA boundary stone at Sharpitor
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Dartmoor Training Area
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The Dartmoor Training Area is a military training area on Dartmoor in Devon in southwest England. The area consists of approximately 13,000 hectares in the Dartmoor National Park.
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…of a farmer. Commoners rights seem to have been a settled issue in recent years: except for where they are impinged upon by the military presence. Dartmoor Training Area has been used regularly for military training since 1873, although it was used earlier during the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars. In 1906–07, seven miles…
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