2020

SE0113 : View north east from March Hill, Marsden Moo

taken 4 years ago, 4 km SSW of Booth Wood, Calderdale, England

View north east from March Hill, Marsden Moo
View north east from March Hill, Marsden Moo
March Haigh reservoir, which feeds the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, is in the right.
Marsden Moor Estate

In Norman times this area of the South Pennine Moorlands was largely forested and used as a hunting ground by the Lords of Pontefract. The manor was purchased by William Radcliffe in 1724 and remained in the possession of the Radcliffe family until 1955, when it was transferred into the care of the National Trust in lieu of death duties.

Today the estate comprises 5685 acres of unenclosed, ‘urban common’, moorland. Although owned and cared for by the National trust, local farmers “Commoners” also have grazing rights to the moor. In addition, there is a public right of access for ‘air and exercise’ – but only on foot!

The windswept landscape appears bleak and inhospitable but, in addition to providing grazing for sheep, it supports many ground nesting birds which breed here in such high numbers that the moor forms part of a site of Special Scientific Interest and an International Special Protection Area.


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Geographical Context: Water resources Moorland Primary Subject: Moorland
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · March Haigh Reservoir [31] · Huddersfield [10] · North side of March Haigh Reservoir [4] · North East [2] ·
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SE0113, 87 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
habiloid   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 16 May, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 23 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 0111 1329 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:36.9693N 1:59.0817W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 00797 13056
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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