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The '''Harkmoor''' | The '''Harkmoor''' is the centremost of the three principal wetland valleys within the [[Harking Hills]], beside the [[Elmoor]] and the [[Folkmoor]]. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The element ''hark-'' likely derives from Old Olgish ''húring'', Middle Olgish ''húrik'' ‘wild, untamed’, reinterpreted by folk etymology (see also [[Harking Hills#Name and Etymology|Name of the Harking Hills]]). The designation as a ''moor'' follows the in the Harkings common practice of applying this label to inaccessible areas of uncultivated land irrespective of whether it includes actual moorland. | |||
==Geography and Ecology== | |||
Located between [[Mt. Nimmberg]] and the [[Paling Downs]], it forms a relatively hard to traverse bog at the heart of the Harking Hills. While drier and less perilous than the Elmoor, it offers only sparse game and few other resources, and even local rangers rarely descend into the Harkmoor. Its most striking feature is '''Hark’s Tomb''', a dolmen of forgotten provenance sitting upon a knoll on its eastern fringe. | |||
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