Man bags sporting rights on grouse moor

From: The Northern Echo | Date: August 31, 2007| Author: Jim McTaggart | Copyright information

A WEALTHY businessman has stepped in to buy the sporting rights on one of the North East's most famous grouse moors - only a few weeks after they were put up for sale.He will take over the 11,200acre Bowes Moor near Barnard Castle, County Durham on a date in December, the day after the current shooting season ends.The buyer, who has not yet been named, will also take over a head gamekeeper's house, two other houses and 124 acres of freehold meadow and pasture land.Neil Kilgour, of the land ag...

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