Solway Moss

Solway Moss, also known as Solway Flow, 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 . It is located less than a mile south of Longtown at grid reference NY345690.

It was the location of the Battle of Solway Moss.

Coordinates: 55°00′40″N 3°01′33″W / 55.011225°N 3.025749°W / 55.011225; -3.025749


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