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Coordinates: 54°14′10″N 2°05′56″W / 54.236°N 2.099°W / 54.236; -2.099
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Stake Moss
Blanket bog
South Grain Tarn on Cray Moss
South Grain Tarn on Cray Moss
Coordinates: 54°14′10″N 2°05′56″W / 54.236°N 2.099°W / 54.236; -2.099[1]
Highest elevation558 metres (1,831 ft)
(Stake Moss[2])

Stake Moss is an upland pass on the watershed separating Raydale, Bishopdale, Wharfedale and Wensleydale.

Description[edit]

Cray Moss straddles three parish boundaries; Bainbridge, Bishopdale and Buckden.[3] Cray Moss, a National Trust maintained area, has been restored to its former upland peatland status after much of the peat had been washed away.[4] The peatland restoration across the whole of Stake Moss covers an area of 166 hectares (410 acres).[5] The Roman Road which connected the Roman fort of Virosidum (Bainbridge) with that at Olicanum (Ilkley), passes over Stake Moss, and is now a right of way over the moorland.[6] It leaves Raydale at the village of Stalling Busk and drops down to meet Kidstones Pass above Cray and Buckden in Upper Wharfedale.[7] The road is now part of the long-distance walking routes a Pennine Journey, and Lady Anne's Way, as it was the route she took between her castles in Skipton and Penrith.[8][9]

The tarns[edit]

There two tarns on Cray Moss; South Grain Tarn which is 587 metres (1,926 ft) above sea level, and Cray Tarn which is 598 metres (1,962 ft) above sea level.[10][11] A species of Water boatman (arctocorisa carinata) inhabits the tarns in and around Cray Moss.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stake Moss, Richmondshire - area information, map, walks and more". getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  2. ^ "OL30" (Map). Yorkshire Dales - Northern & Central Area. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 978-0-319-26335-8.
  3. ^ "Election Maps". ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. ^ Ryan, Emma (17 February 2024). "Restoration cheer as peatland makes a comeback". The Yorkshire Post. Country Week. p. 9. ISSN 0963-1496.
  5. ^ "Stake Moss | IUCN UK Peatland Programme". IUCN Peatland Programme. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ^ Lennie, Stuart (2005). The roof of Wensleydale : a portrait of Wensleydale's two thousand foot fells. Kirkby Stephen: Hayloft. p. 38. ISBN 1904524303.
  7. ^ Wright, Geoffrey (1986). The Yorkshire Dales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 37. ISBN 0715387022.
  8. ^ "AW's 1938 route Day 2 – A Pennine Journey". penninejourney.org. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. ^ Ratcliffe, Roger (14 February 2018). "Walkers following in the footsteps of Lady Anne". The Yorkshire Post. p. 8. ISSN 0963-1496.
  10. ^ "South Grain Tarn Water body ID 29568". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Cray Tarn Water body ID 29576". eip.ceh.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  12. ^ Huxley, Thomas (2003). Provisional atlas of the British aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Centre for Ecolgy and Hydrology. p. 66. ISBN 1-870393-67-8.

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