moorland

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"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

Last summer, fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands were described as the biggest Scotland had ever seen.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Fire crews battling a vast moorland blaze in North Yorkshire this month have been hampered by exploding bombs and tank shells dating back to training on the moors during the Second World War.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Fires that burned across moorland at Carrbridge and Dava in the Highlands recently were the biggest Scotland has ever seen, according to landowners.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

From the well-known names of these towns I learn in what county I have lighted; a north-midland shire, dusk with moorland, ridged with mountain: this I see.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë