Flanders Moss

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Flanders Moss is a raised bog area between Thornhill in the north and Kippen in the south in the Carse of Stirling in central Scotland .

history

While previously it was only passable on boardwalks , during the 18th century the drainage of the land was greatly encouraged by the lawyer and historian Henry Home Kames , but a substantial part survived this development.

Flanders Moss is the largest raised bog in the United Kingdom that has remained in a largely natural state . Scottish Natural Heritage acquired rights to the site in 1995 and it was designated a National Nature Reserve .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Craig Mair: Stirling: The Royal Burgh . John Donald Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-85976-420-6 , pp. 169-170.
  2. ↑ Christopher Smout: Exploring Environmental History: Selected Essays . Edinburgh University Press, 2009, ISBN 0-7486-3513-0 , p. 108.
  3. ^ Peter Rawcliffe: Environmental Pressure Groups in Transition . Manchester University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-7190-5212-2 , p. 176.

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Coordinates: 56 ° 10 ′  N , 4 ° 12 ′  W