Updates filed in Tales of the Archive

The Exmoor Society Archive holds many beautiful paintings by Hope Bourne. This is one of the larger watercolours and shows Prince, a Shire Gelding who she painted in 1946.

A recent user of the Archive has shared with us a photo taken by her father in 1949 of the short-lived Youth Hostel at Knaplock Farm, near Tarr Steps.

We have recently received a unique item for the archive. This hand-drawn, pen-and-ink, "Guide to the location of the ancient monuments found in the Lyn District of Exmoor" includes a helpful glossary of terms as well as a beautiful map showing ancient landscape features including barrows, hut circles, standing stones and beacons.

Great Britain is living in a golden age for Equestrian Eventing, with the GB Team successfully defending their Olympic title in Paris.