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Mires return to Exmoor to encourage more wildlife ; Exmoor's mires inspired author R D Blackmore to give the villainous Carver Doone one of the most grisly deaths in romantic fiction.

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From: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
Date: 20080520
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Exmoor's mires inspired author R D Blackmore to give the villainous Carver Doone one of the most grisly deaths in romantic fiction.

The villain of Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone sank to his death beneath a bog.

But now the moorland's infamous mires, which were drained in the 1970s, are to return to Exmoor.

The bogs encourage wildlife, as well as protecting rivers and boosting salmon and trout stocks by restoring the natural flow of water. They will also help fight global warming, because the peat created by the rehydration process absorbs carbon dioxide. The higher water table will also ...

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