Monument record 7165 - Tiverton Moss

Mosses, such as Tiverton Moss, are areas of peat, which have formed in hollows or depressions left in the landscape after the last glaciation 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. The county was formerly dotted with small mosses and meres, each individually named and known to the local inhabitants. However, the picture today is one of fragmentary survival, with place names attesting the loss of these sites. Tiverton Moss is a small basin mire. These mosses have a long history of exploitation. Field walking undertaken during the North West Wetlands Survey has recovered numerous worked flints in their vicinity. Also, the potential palaeo-environmental record contained within the peat may contain important information of the landscape and environment of of the past 10,000 years.