Solway Moss
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Solway Moss, also known as Solway Flow, is a moss (lowland peat bog), in the Cumberland district in Cumbria, England near the Scottish border and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Longtown at grid reference NY345690. In 2005 the moss was 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.
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 Peat workings at Solway Moss | |
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| Coordinates: 55.011225°N 3.025749°W | |
| Location | Cumbria, England |
In 1542 it was the location of the Battle of Solway Moss.
On 16 November 1771, during the night, Solway Moss burst, flooding local farms and settlements.[1] one of several rivers to do so in the Great Flood of 1771.
