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Moine Mhor National Nature Reserve
Highlands and Islands
West of Dunardy locks, the Crinan Canal divides two dramatic landscapes - the rugged, forested hills of Knapdale to the south and the wide boggy sprawl of the Moine Mhor (pronounced 'vore') or 'The Great Moss' to the North. When the Scots invaded around 500AD to establish their kingdom, the sea covered the Moine Mhor and even to this day, it hasn't dried out.
Developed over thousands of years from the accumulation of the un-decayed remains of sphagnum moss and other wetland plants, Moine Mhor once covered a vast area. Now covering an area of some 486ha (1200 acres), it is one of the few remaining raised peat bogs in Britain today and was declared a National Nature Reserve in 1987 to safeguard this fragile ecosystem from change by agriculture and forestry.
An interesting self guiding trail and picnic site are to be enjoyed here.
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