moorland

Example Sentences

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The fire in a vast area of moorland around Grantown-on-Spey and Forres started on 28 June.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Grace, 67, a retired geologist, has lived on the edge of Abercarn for more than 20 years, where housing gives way to open moorland.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 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

A fire which burned for more than 40 days on moorland was likely to have been caused by someone cooking using a campfire or gas burner, an investigation has found.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Otherwise only their breathing in the silence of the salt moorland.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy