moorland

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From a hillside above Abercarn in Caerphilly county, Grace Lloyd points across the moorland she can see from her home.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Tensions were highlighted in 1932 by the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, moorland kept exclusively for grouse shooting by its owner, the Duke of Devonshire.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

"Set within a wild, windswept moorland, King and Queen took on a new life," said Alice Murray of auctioneers Christie's.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

Fire crews battling a vast moorland blaze in North Yorkshire have said they have been hampered by exploding World War Two bombs and tank shells.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

They could already see over the tops of the low hills which lay northward on their right; beyond those hills a great moorland sloped gently up and up to the horizon.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis