Awards

The Dartmoor Society makes awards to people who we believe have made special contributions to Dartmoor. The award, presented at the AGM in April, is in the form of a unique specially commissioned ceramic plate, made by a local potter and suitably inscribed by a local calligrapher.

Past recipients of The Dartmoor Society Award are:

2016: Miles and Gail Fursdon for their superlative hydro system.
2015: Will Hand – for innovative presentation of weather data
2014: Dr Tim Harrod – for his indefatigable survey of Dartmoor soils
2013: Professor Andrew Fleming – for his archaeological revelations and discourse
2012: Michael and Swana Hardy – for safeguarding Gidleigh Castle
2011: Bill Murray – for nurturing the craft of Dartmoor song
2010: Charlotte Faulkner – for her devotion to the cause of hill ponies
2009: Elisabeth Stanbrook (creator and editor of the Dartmoor Magazine 1985–2008)
2008: Chris Chapman (Dartmoor documentary photographer)
2007: the late Eric Webber (proprietor of Chagford hardware ‘emporium’)
2006: Carolyn Hillyer and Nigel Shaw (creators of Dartmoor ‘roundhouse’)
2005: Colin Pearse (farmer who breeds the Whitefaced Dartmoor sheep)
2004: Tony Beard (Dartmoor entertainer)
2003: Marion Saunders (for dedication to Dartmoor livestock protection)
2002: Mark Beeson (playwright/historian)
2001: Marilyn Tucker and Paul Wilson of Wren Trust (Dartmoor musicians)
2000: Fred Barlow BEM (worker with young people on Dartmoor)
1999: Geoffrey Weymouth (wildlife photographer)
1998: Dr Jeremy Butler (archaeologist and author)