TQ7630 : Cockshot Barn, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst
near to Hawkhurst, Kent, Great Britain
Cockshot Barn, Highgate Hill, Hawkhurst
Twin cowled internal kiln Oast House
Cockshot Oast
Twin internal kilned oast house.
Oast Houses
An Oast House is a building used to dry fresh hops before they are sent to the brewers, to be used for flavouring beer. A traditional Oast House consists of the 'oast' and the 'stowage'. The oast was a kiln, with a plenum chamber fired by charcoal at ground floor and the drying floor directly above. The steep pitched roof channelled the hot air through the hops to the top. The stowage, was the barn section, it had a cooling floor and press at first floor and storage area at ground floor. Read more Link
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2007
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- TQ7630, 84 images (more nearby)
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- Date Taken
- Wednesday, 31 January, 2007 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 1 February, 2007
- Category
- Oast house (more nearby)
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TQ 7601 3008 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:2.5867N 0:30.5638E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36: TQ 7594 3011
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