Solway Moss

Solway Moss, also known as Solway Flow, is a moss (lowland peat bog), in the City of Carlisle 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 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Longtown at grid reference NY345690.

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]

References

1. 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.