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Gordon Moss is a nature reserve near Gordon, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.
The moss is situated one mile west of Gordon village, south of the Gordon - Earlston road (A6105). Parking places.
The fauna includes 16 species of butterfly and over 200 species of moth.
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History and Archaeology
On January 21st, 1882, a workman walking across Gordon Moss discovered a flint axehead, described as being fashioned of a dark grey mottled flint, measuring 150mm by 50mm.
See also
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berwickshire and Roxburgh
- List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tweeddale and Ettrick and Lauderdale
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
- List of places in Scotland
Reference
- The antiquary (1882), 'Antiquarian news, stone celt', The Antiquary, 2nd, vol.5, page 179
- RCAHMS (1980), 'The archaeological sites and monuments of Berwickshire District, Borders Region, Edinburgh'
External links
- RCAHMS record of Gordon Moss
- Scottish Natural Heritage: teaching resource for Gordon Moss
- Geograph image: The old Berwickshire Railway as it enters Gordon Moss
Scottish Wildlife Trust reserves in the Scottish Borders Bemersyde Moss · Duns Castle · Gordon Moss · Hare and Dunhog Mosses · Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss · Pease Dean · Whitlaw Wood · Yetholm LochCategories:- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berwickshire and Roxburgh
- Nature reserves in Scotland
- Protected areas in the Scottish Borders
- Scottish Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
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