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RESTORATION Project – breathing life back into Dartmoor’s tors which have been ravaged by erosion over millennia and by centuries of mining.

The granite is breaking down before our eyes and a tor repair programme is urgently needed to help some tors recover, to reinstate shelter for plants & animals and to restore precious views before they are lost.

Inspired by ancient restoration techniques Lithicality is experimentally reconstructing small sections using resin and minerals – mica, gold & local haematite in our Physical Profile Improvement eXperiments (“PPIXies” for short).

Once complete the component is then taken back and restored to its previous location. Sometimes it is hard to follow the original fractures and pieces are missing but there are indications.

June 2025: First successful repair ! Pictured below is the reconstituted stone element in the studio (we sometimes give the PPIXy a name – this one is called the Glass Onion) and now back in its rightful place tor side at 325m.

Fix the tors now. Contact for details.