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mire
a boggy or marshy area
mire [mīr]
(geology)
Wet spongy earth, as of a marsh, swamp, or bog.
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Earlier this week, The Journal reported how pounds 700,000 in Government funding has speeded up the restoration of 2,500 acres of the Border Mires - ancient peat bogs which straddle Northumberland and Cumbria.
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A pounds 700,000 project to push forward the restoration of the 12,000-year-old Border Mires has been completed nearly two years ahead of schedule.
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