Solway Moss

Solway Moss

Solway Moss is a moss (lowland peat bog), in Cumbria, England near the Scottish border. As of 2005, the moss is the subject of a campaign by organisations including the RSPB and Friends of the Earth to get the area declared a Special Area of Conservation in order to prevent the destruction of the rare raised bog ecology [http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/campaignwithus/current/peatbogs/index.asp] . It is located west of Longtown at gbmapping|NY345690.

It was the location of the Battle of Solway Moss 1542.


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