Solway Moss
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Solway Moss, also known as Solway Flow, is a lowland peat bog, in Cumberland near the edge of Dumfriesshire and less than a mile west of Longtown. In 2005 the moss was the subject of a campaign by organisations including the RSPB to get the area declared a Special Area of Conservation in order to prevent the destruction of the rare raised bog ecology.
The Battle of Solway Moss was fought here in 1542.
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.
Location
- Location map: 55°-0’40"N, 3°1’33"W
- Streetmap: NY345690
References
- ↑ McEwen, Lindsey J.; Withers, Charles W. J. (1989). "Historical records and geomorphological events: the 1771 'eruption' of Solway Moss". Scottish Geographical Magazine 105 (3): 149–157. doi:10.1080/14702548908554428.