The day having been cloudy with occasional showers, these islands at all times dreary enough, looked particularly so on our first view of them, the shores of sound, steep, with bare hills intersected with ravines rising from them, these hills without a tree and the clouds hanging low, gave them exactly the appearance of the Cheviots or a Scotch moor on a winter's day and considering we were in the May of these latitudes, the first impression of the climate was not favourable, the weather however, was not called, the thermometer was 63 degrees which is Howick mid-summer temperature.

It is common for an operator to moor a barge at a riverside town and collect freight and passengers over a period of weeks before hiring a river tug to tow or push the barge to its destination.

Dartmoor has given its name to two breeds of sheep-Whiteface Dartmoor and Greyface Dartmoor-which are descended from breeds which have roamed on the moor since at least the 17th century.

Travellers by boat may moor at Hayes and take advantage of its local amenities, such as shops ( which include branches of Iceland and Sainsbury's ) and banks.

It is one of several Broads where boats are not allowed at any time of the year, although they can moor at its entrance.

Today only tiny pieces of this former peat moor remain, some reflooded as mini wetlands, scattered along the fault line that once brought about its very existence.

Both names for this knot stem from its use to moor airships: a Zeppelin being a rigid-bodied type of airship, and Charles Rosendahl being the US Navy officer who insisted it be used to moor airships under his command.

descending over from its source among the sedge grass on Burbage moor behind a small farm on Hangram just inside the Peak District National Park in the west of the city at Clough Hollow, near the village of Ringinglow.

It is notable for its wildlife, particularly famous for the sole British location for the Rannoch-rush, named after the moor.

It leaves the moor at its eastern side, flowing beneath Castle Drogo in a steep-sided valley.

Surrounded by open moor and grassland on its northern and eastern sides, Milnrow forms a continuous urban area with neighbouring Rochdale to the west, and, according to the Office for National Statistics, is part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, the United Kingdom's third largest conurbation.

From its source on Dartmoor it flows in a generally southerly direction past some of the best-preserved archaeological remains on the moor.

Leaving the open moor, the river passes into enclosed land and under its first road bridge at the hamlet of Harford.

The cuts also meant that its regular series of guided walks on the moor would be provided by an independent company from April 2012.

Peat cut from the moor, is used as a fuel for cooking and heating in many homes, but its use is on the decline.

Purple moor grass and rush pastures is a United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan habitat, on account of its rarity.

Earlier reviews noted that Blicher ’ s literary skill lies in his descriptions of scenery, especially the Jutlandic moor landscape and its inhabitants: the long-suffering peasantry and “ free ” moor gypsies.

As Hobbie Elliot was returning over a wild moor from a day's sport, thinking of the legends he had heard of its supernatural occupants after nightfall, he was overtaken by Patrick Earnscliff, whose father had been killed in a quarrel with the laird of Ellislaw, Richard Vere.

Tall ships from all over the world visit the city to moor in its Eastern harbour, and people can then visit the ships for four days ( free of charge ).

A desolate location on the edge of a moor, the decline in its mining and other industries and a general reputation for being quite tough have made it a rather neglected place in recent times, though relatively cheap property prices and its proximity to the two major Scottish cities are now stimulating signs of regeneration.

Every ship that came upstream to London had to moor at Tower Wharf to give a portion of its cargo to the Constable, as payment for the protection afforded by the Tower's cannon.

From this root, the name moor is also applied to unbaptised children, meaning not Christian.

The name Amstelveen comes from ' Amstel ', a local river, and ' veen ', meaning fen, peat, or moor.

The village of Worsthorne also had a tradition that the Danes constructed defences when a battle was fought on the moor that bares the same name, and that five kings were buried under tumuli apparent in the area.

The name is identical with the word mór which means " heath " or " moor ".

Another theory holds that the name " Brocken " is derived from Bruch, a word used in northern Germany for bog or moor, which commonly used to be spelt as Bruoch or Brok.

The name mor-hen has been recorded in English since the 13th century, and the word moor here is an old sense meaning marsh – the species is not usually found in moorland.

The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means ' Ceacca's moor '.

The place name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means literally Dunna's moor.

The place name is Old English in origin, taken from personal name Dunn + mor and means Dunna's moor.

The name Lammermuir literally means " lambs ' moor " or " moorland of the lambs " from the Old English genitive plural lambra " of lambs " and the noun mor " moorland ", " swamp ", " waste ground ".

The moor to the north of the village is called Byton Moor and there is also a moor of the same name as the village just to the west of that.

Literally translated the name comes from the Welsh: rhos " moor "; llannerch " glade "; grugog " heathery " hence " Moor of the Heathery Glade.

Some documents suggest that Beaghmore translates into English as ' the moor of the birches ' but this is plainly wrong, as there is no Irish word for moor that sounds like the English word moor ( the usual word is caorán )-Mackay's Dictionary of Ulster Place-names says that it is from an Bheitheach Mhór, meaning " big place of birch trees "; a name that reflects the fact that the area was a woodland before being cleared by Neolithic farmers.

The name Roslin ( c. 1240 Roskelyn ) probably derives from the P-Celtic words ros, a moor, and celyn, holly.

Bradford Moor was originally a moor, as the name suggests.

The name applies to the moor as a whole ; the summit itself is known as Round Hill.

It is the highest town on the moor, and one of the highest in the United Kingdom.

Several footpaths across the moor start from the town, including one leading west to Sampford Spiney and one leading south to Nun's Cross and Erme Head.

The Thorsberg chape ( a metal piece belonging to a scabbard found in the Thorsberg moor ) bears an Elder Futhark inscription, one of the earliest known altogether, dating to roughly AD 200.

From Rüssspitz to Wildspitz, from Chiem to Gottschalkenberg, one can discover many scenic highlights ; for example, the Zugerberg mountain and the Walchwilerberg Oberallmig-a ridge of fascinating depth of definition, a moor with national cachet.

He met her one evening on a vast moor and married her.

This stone is just one of a great abundance of carved rocks on the moor, well known others include the ' Badger Stone ' and ' St.

Bradfield is one of the largest parishes in England, and covers extensive moor and agricultural land around the Damflask Reservoir, Dale Dike Reservoir, Strines Reservoir, and Agden Reservoirs, including the Bradfield, Midhope, and Broomhead moors and eastern parts of the Howden moors.

Located between Bishopsgate and Cripplegate and leading to a moor known as Moorfields, it was not one of the larger or more important of the city gates.

Those trying for a Bronze medal must camp at one of the manned tors on their route, while Silver and Gold teams can camp anywhere on the moor.

* Hound Tor-not the Hound Tor by Hay Tor but the one on the North moor

Coaker later recounted two incidents that took place while he was landlord: in one he had to take to the moor when a crowd of miners helped themselves to his liquor ; and on another occasion two miners got into a fight with a fatal result for one of them, but the survivor was let off with three weeks ' imprisonment mostly on Coaker's evidence because he was able to show gross provocation.

The station at on the moor is one of the most remote stations in Britain and is not accessible by any public roads.

There are over 500 known Neolithic sites on the moor, in the form of burial mounds, stone rows, stone circles and ancient settlements such as the one at Grimspound.

My advice to you therefore is that as there happens to be a great abundance of stones upon this moor, every man should provide himself, in the first place, with as stout a one as he can manage, rush up to the first Covenanter he meets, beat out his brains, take his sword, and then I believe he will be at no loss how to proceed!

In John Keats ’ Hyperion the passage “ Scarce images of life, one here, one there ,/ Lay vast and edgeways ; like a dismal cirque / Of Druid stones, upon a forlorn moor …“ is alleged to have been inspired by his visit to the stones ; a visit, it seems, with which he was less than impressed.

Coming closer, Holmes observes Wilder's bicycle tyres and notes that they are the same make as the first ones encountered on the moor, and as expected, one tyre has a patch.

It stands a long way from a road and requires a long walk across the moor top get to it ; this, as well as the fact that it is hidden from the rest of the Lake District by the two aforementioned giants, make it one of the most unfrequented tops in the Lakes.

The Swedish army paused for about one hour and at nine o ' clock formed itself into two lines at the north-east end of the moor.