Dartmoor National Park scenery goes wireless

Two major projects to bury overhead power cables and enhance the landscape of the Dartmoor National Park have been completed in a joint project between Western Power Distribution, the South West Protected Landscapes Forum, and Dartmoor National Park Authority.

The two schemes on Holne Moor and Walkhampton Common have removed nearly 6km of overhead lines between them from open moorland.

Work on the Holne scheme started in November with the 1km or so of underground works now completed. Archaeologists were on site throughout the trenching works but disappointingly, nothing of great interest was revealed.

The trench also accommodates new South West Water telemetry cabling which is now helping to improve the monitoring and management of Venford Reservoir and dam.