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Scotstown Moor and Moss - looking westwards from Dubford
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Scotstown Moor and Moss - looking westwards from Dubford

Historic Photographs
David Oswald
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Scotstown Moor and Moss - looking westwards from Dubford
Historic Photographs
1759
Scotstown Moor and Moss - looking westwards from Dubford
Scotstown Moor, also known as Perwinnes Moss, was once part of around 230 acres of common heath land situated 4 miles to the north of Aberdeen City centre in the Bridge of Don area. From the 1830s, it was visited regularly by botany students from Aberdeen University and was regarded as the most important botanical facility in the Aberdeen area. Over 250 species of flowering plants have been recorded. The pools and mosses contained insect eating plants including sundew. Because it was a Common land, the local people had the right to cut peats and to graze animals there. In later years, drainage operations, agricultural improvements, construction of roads and housing have greatly reduced the area of heathland and bog. However, the remaining area has been protected as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is now managed by Aberdeen City Council.
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