The Dava Project Sat, 25 Apr 2026 23:38:40 -0400 https://thedavaproject.buzzsprout.com en-gb © 2026 The Dava Project yes c3f3be4f-2507-5005-824f-ec07227f0876 Grantown Museum episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Grantown Museum https://storage.buzzsprout.com/arbocqm56q8bwiovikb9wszvrox9?.jpg The Dava Project Clearance 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 land. 

]]> 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. 

]]> Grantown Museum Buzzsprout-8952436 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 14:00:00 +0100 2073 4 full false Murderous Intentions 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Grantown Museum Buzzsprout-8855867 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:00:00 +0100 1493 1 3 full false Intrusion or Improvement? Intrusion or Improvement? 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Grantown Museum Buzzsprout-8775615 Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0100 2329 1 2 full false A Sense of Place A Sense of Place Grantown Museum curator Dan Cottam and historian Charles Fletcher talk about the early days of people coming to live on the Dava moor.

]]> Grantown Museum curator Dan Cottam and historian Charles Fletcher talk about the early days of people coming to live on the Dava moor.

]]> Grantown Buzzsprout-8718800 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 13:00:00 +0100 1822 1 1 full false