The Cirriphyllum piliferum grows on the grass below the Ash tree on the north side of Ingleton Church
The Hair-pointed Feather-moss Cirriphyllum piliferum is a carpet moss (a Pleurocarp) and looks a bit like Brachythecium and a lot of other pleurocarps: but:
The side branches come off very much at right angles - well maybe 85 degrees
AND
close inspection show the top of each leaf ends in a hair point.
Cirriphyllum piliferum page in BBS Field Guide
I took some home and photographed it in the bright sunlight.
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