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Bronze Age Round Cairn on a scorched moor
by Mick Garratt
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Sunday before last (18th) was a glorious November day. Blue skies, little wind... (more)
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Moor burning, Stanghow Moor
by Mick Garratt
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The Farming Today program on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday covered moorland... (more)
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Upper Ryedale
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SE5093
Compared to other moorland dales, such as Bilsdale, Farndale and Bransdale, the... (more)
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Swainby Shooting House
by Mick Garratt
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When the Police seize property as a result of criminal investigations or a court... (more)
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Beyond the butts
by Andy Waddington
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Category: Grouse moor
East of the last of a line of grouse butts, the moor, though bleak, is not as... (more)
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Ladder trap, Great Ayton Moor
by Mick Garratt
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Last week there was a furore over Natural England’s decision to revoke its... (more)
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Line of grouse butts below Howdale Hill
by Christine Johnstone
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Just east of the footpath running from Westerdale to Farndale.
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Sunken grouse butt, below the bridleway
by Christine Johnstone
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One of a line running southwest - northeast.
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Grouse grit on Shuttleworth Moor
by Phil Champion
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One concrete block probably contained medicated grit to treat parasites, the... (more)
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Shooting butts on Barden Moor
by John Illingworth
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There are several lines of butts on the moor which is part of the Bolton Abbey... (more)
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Heather management near to Black Sike
by Trevor Littlewood
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On grouse moors the dominant heather vegetation is burned periodically so as to... (more)
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Grouse butts below Barras End
by Christine Johnstone
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Part of a line running northwest - southeast.
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Cairn Beside Track
by Rude Health
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This trig like cairn has a concrete bowl on its top that contains grit for the... (more)
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Three grouse butts, Swang Head, Glaisdale Low Moor
by Christine Johnstone
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Part of a line of eight, in the valley of Busco Beck.
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Grouse butts on Glaisdale Moor
by Christine Johnstone
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One is immediately behind the public bridleway sign. Another, on a different... (more)
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Glenkyllach Forest Grouse Moor
by valenta
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The Allt Tarsuinn snaking its way down the moor in the left of the picture.
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Animal management at Great Pinseat
by Christine Johnstone
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These open trays of what looks like cat litter are dotted all over these grouse... (more)
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Grouse moors by the A939
by Hugh Venables
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A distinctly ugly pattern of cutting and burning to maximise the number of... (more)
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Grouse grit
by Jim Barton
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Plastic trays like this have been set out at intervals of 2-300m on the heather... (more)
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Grouse moor from Military Road
by Hugh Venables
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With lots of ugly strips of heather burning to keep the shoots fresh and good... (more)
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The upper catchment of Ay Gill
by Andy Waddington
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Category: Grouse moor
There are grouse butts out there in that mire of sedge, reeds and sphagnum, but... (more)
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Grouse moor
by Russel Wills
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In the foreground the heather has been burned in succession to benefit the... (more)
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Grouse moor on Long Man
by Trevor Littlewood
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The heather moorland on Long Man is managed for driven grouse shooting. The... (more)
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Glenkyllach Forest Grouse Moor
by valenta
geograph for square NH7025
Looking towards Carn na Farr' Bheinne, and a new estate track not marked on... (more)
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Line of grouse butts, Askwith Moor
by Christine Johnstone
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Running roughly north-south, above Snowden Crags.
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Stone and turf grouse butt
by Christine Johnstone
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On the hillside immediately above the former Rosedale Railway
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Animal trap on lower part of lead smelting flue
by Christine Johnstone
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Presumably to catch mammals [rats?] that predate the grouse on this grouse moor.... (more)
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Butt on the moor
by James Allan
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A rather prosaic looking corrugated-iron grouse butt on the moor near Downie Hillock.
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Grouse Butts
by Mick Garratt
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Managed grouse moor above Burnhope Burn
by Hugh Venables
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Blocks of heather are cut or burnt to increase the supply of young heather... (more)
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Burnt heather on Glaisdale Moor
by Christine Johnstone
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The moor is managed for grouse shooting.
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Glaisdale High Moor, near Birk Wath Beck
by Christine Johnstone
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On the horizon is a shooting box, but in the middle distance are disused pits.... (more)
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Grouse moors by the A939
by Hugh Venables
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Cut and burnt into a rather ugly mess, but productive for maximising Red Grouse... (more)
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Col between Stony Knowe and Seathope Law
by Jim Barton
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The hillside heather has been patterned by regular muirburning to encourage... (more)
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Across Black Hag from Arndale Hill
by Andy Waddington
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Category: Grouse moor
There's a line of grouse butts just right of the centre of the photo, and... (more)
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Grouse butts on Cotherstone Moor
by Christine Johnstone
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The slight 'bumps' on the horizon. A line runs south from Burble Beck.
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Grouse moor, west of Hart Leap
by Christine Johnstone
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A moorland ridge between Glaisdale and Great Fryup Dale.
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Grouse moor with butts
by Russel Wills
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The heather has been 'swiped' or 'mowed' to produce... (more)
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Little Sleddale Beck, looking downstream
by Christine Johnstone
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On the timber bridging the stream is a wire cage containing a mousetrap. This is... (more)
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Managing the grouse moor, Little Sleddale
by Christine Johnstone
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On the timber bridging the drain is a mousetrap in a wire cage. It is designed... (more)
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No. 3 grouse butt, Little Sleddale
by Christine Johnstone
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One of a line of timber grouse butts.
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Grouse butts in Little Sleddale
by Christine Johnstone
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The northernmost two of a line of nine. There were plenty of red grouse about,... (more)
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Grouse moor above far Costy Clough
by Karl and Ali
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The pale area is burnt heather, managed for grouse.
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New Track
by valenta
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This track is yet to appear on the OS maps.
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The Allt Tarsuinn - Glenkyllacky Forest
by valenta
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The Allt Tarsuinn flows over the rock in the bottom left of the screen into a... (more)
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Grouse butt on Ravengill Dod
by Alan O'Dowd
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This butt is very close to the trig pillar on the summit.
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Sunken grouse butt, Broad Law
by Alan O'Dowd
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Looking towards the higher Lowther Hills, where a few patches of snow still... (more)
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Track across grouse moor, Broad Law
by Alan O'Dowd
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Sunset on the moor above Leadhills after a warm spring day.
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Shooting butt above Langden Valley
by Karl and Ali
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One of numerous stone-built butts in a line extending down the flank of Holdron... (more)
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Grouse moor
by Peter Barr
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Rowlee Pasture, moorland between the Snake Pass and Upper Derwent Reservoir.
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