The History of Devichoys Wood - Walk and Talk with live archeology

The History of Devichoys Wood - Walk and Talk with live archeology

Join Devichoys forester Tom Kemp for a dive into the story of Devichoys wood from the ice age to the present...

By Working Woodlands Cornwall

Date and time

Sat, 25 May 2024 10:00 - 13:00 GMT+1

Location

Devichoys Wood Nature Reserve

Devichoys Wood Nature Reserve Perranarworthal TR3 7PE United Kingdom

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About this event

  • 3 hours

Discover Devichoys wood's ancient (and recent) past!

From its emergence after the Ice age to Bronze age burials, Medieval charcoal makers and Victorian bark peelers see the marks these people made and the stories they left behind.

Tom will guide you through hundreds of years of Devichoys History

On the day you'll:

Learn why Cornish woods are special...

Discover how tin mining, war and colonialism shaped the woods...

See the tools used by woodlanders of 1900...

Explore charcoal hearths and dig for ancient charcoal under the leaf litter.

Read documents and maps of the woods from 1513 to 1850...

Tickets

Organised by

Working Woodlands Cornwall