MYSTICAL XLIII (CRADLE)

Cradle - January 2021 Wistman's Wood is an ancient woodland on Dartmoor in England, based on the slopes of the West Dart River. Covering just eight acres in area, this isolated woodland is the remnant of ancient woodland which once covered the moor thousands of years ago. The Oak trees here are very old and stunted, with their branches twisted and knotted into fantastical shapes. Wistman's Wood has been mentioned in writing for hundreds of years. It is likely to be a leftover from the ancient forest that covered much of Dartmoor 7000 BC. The wood has been the inspiration for numerous artists, poets, photographers and appears in hundreds of nineteenth-century accounts. Mystical has been an...View all