Crompton Moor
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| Crompton Moor | |
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 An un-named waterfall cascades off Crompton Moor, into Pingot Quarry |
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| Elevation | 391 metres (1282 ft) |
| Location | Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England |
| Range | South Pennines |
| Coordinates | |
| Type | Commons, Site of Biological Interest |
| OS grid reference | SD960105 |
Crompton Moor (or archaically High Moor[1]) is an area of moorland in the Pennine hills of northern England. It lies along the northeastern outskirts of Shaw and Crompton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.
Spanning approximately 160 acres (0.6 km²), and reaching an elevation of 1,282 feet (391 m) at Crow Knowl, Crompton Moor is one of the largest open spaces run by Oldham Countryside Service.[2] It is a registered common of Greater Manchester,[3] and a Site of Biological Importance since 2003.[4]
Most of Crompton Moor is covered in Purple Moor Grass and Heather, but there is also a significant amount of Pine trees.[2] Wildlife on the moors includes Red Grouse, Golden Plover, and the Meadow Pipit.[2]
Crompton Moor is the site on which the first evidence of human activity in the Shaw and Crompton area comes from. Iron Age artifacts were discovered by local archeologists.[citation needed] During the 18th century, Crompton Moor was the site of several farms; dry stone walls still exist from these times as evidence of field division for pasture.
Crompton Moor also features Crow Knowl Telecommunications mast, which in conjunction with an Ordnance Survey geographic triangulation marker (at grid reference SD960105), sits at the summit of Shaw and Crompton, overlooking Manchester to the southwest and Denshaw to the east, amongst other parts of Greater Manchester.[5]
Crompton Moor has been the site of several wildfires. A significant fire occurred in 1995, raging for over two weeks and burning a large proportion of the surface vegetation as well as the subsurface peat. Another took place in March 2007, also.
[edit] References
- ^ Rathbone, Peter (2000). The Lives of the People of Crompton, Lancashire 1580 - 1700. Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society.
- ^ a b c Steve Duthie (August 2007), “Moors to life”, Fourmost magazine (HKR magazines): 18
- ^ The Common Lands of Greater Manchester; A Biological Survey (pdf). Rural Surveys Research Unit. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Oldham Evening Chronicle (2007-06-28). Northwest Riders (N.W.R.); Revamped outdoor gem relaunched. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
- ^ Clarke, Rogerson (2006). Walk the South Pennines. Discovery Walking Guides, 46. ISBN 1904946135.
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