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The Dava Project

The Dava Project

Di: Grantown Museum
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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?© 2026 The Dava Project Mondiale
  • Clearance
    Jul 31 2021

    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 land.

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    35 min
  • Murderous Intentions
    Jul 13 2021

    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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    25 min
  • Intrusion or Improvement?
    Jun 28 2021

    In this second episode, Dan & Charles explore how the landscape of the Dava was forever changed in the 17th & 18th centuries by 'improving' landlords. From a place embracing traditional ways of Highland life, the Dava became an experiment in new farming practices... with terrible consequences.

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    39 min
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