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Peat cutting
by Derek Mayes
for square HY3705
Category: Peat cutting
This is an historic peat-bed on Veness (Orkney)
Some peat has recently been cut... (more)
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Peat Face
by Derek Mayes
geograph for square HY3906
Category: Peat banks
The Peat Extraction beds worked by the Highland Park Distillery... (more)
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Peat stooks
by Derek Mayes
geograph for square HY3705
Category: Peat stacks
The more traditional way of finishing peats is to arrange them into small... (more)
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Drying Peat on Ve Ness
by Derek Mayes
for square HY3705
Category: Peat stacks
An unorthodox drying method. These slabs are cut with a spade and immediately... (more)
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Peat and pylons, Cladance Moss
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NS6548
Peat is extracted from part of the raised peat bog at Cladance Moss for... (more)
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Ground on south side of Dry Rigg - 3 - stream groove in bare peat
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9044
South of the fence line crossing the high point of Dry Rigg there's an... (more)
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Ground on south side of Dry Rigg - 2 - Tussocks on bare peat
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9044
South of the fence line crossing the high point of Dry Rigg there's an... (more)
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Peat banks
by Ian Paterson
geograph for square SE7205
The peat bogs are formed into smaller bays by these banks which meander and... (more)
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Sheep fleeces on peat bank slope
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9103
The peat exposure is on a broad block of peat which has the summit cairn of... (more)
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Ground on south side of Dry Rigg - 5 - collapsed peat banks
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9044
South of the fence line crossing the high point of Dry Rigg there's an... (more)
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Peat hags north-west of Sròn na Maoile
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NN6817
Eroded remnants of peat cover on the hillside, with the snowy peak of Ben... (more)
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Exposed Peat on Kinder Scout
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SK0789
This should act as a giant sponge of water but retreat of the heather has... (more)
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Neat Workspace
by Derek Mayes
geograph for square HY3705
Category: Peat banks
This shows a working peat bed after the annual cut. Slabs are drying in the... (more)
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Peat bog and peat banks
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY8610
Peat banks and bog to the east of the minor road between the hill features, Risp... (more)
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Commercial peat extraction site, Causeymire, Caithness
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square ND1748
Looking towards the Causeymire Wind Farm.
Peat is extracted from this site by... (more)
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Peat workings
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG2346
Peat is still quite commonly used as fuel on Skye. Here, peat has been cut... (more)
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Peat hag and snow patches on Sròn na Maoile
by Alan O'Dowd
geograph for square NN6817
Remnants of eroded peat on Beinn Dearg, above Glen Artney.
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Peat cutting by Loch Roisneabhat, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB4039
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Drying peats below Cleit nan Uan, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB2217
The OS Name Book of 1848-1852 describes Cleit nan Uan as a small heathy hill.... (more)
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Peat cutting near Baile Ailein, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB2620
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Ground on south side of Dry Rigg - 4 - area of bare peat
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY9044
South of the fence line crossing the high point of Dry Rigg there's an... (more)
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Drying peats, An Campar Mòr, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB5359
Looking towards Muirneag.
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Peat Haggs, Kinder Scout
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SK0887
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Kinder Scout Trig. Point
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SK0789
Clearing showing the effect of peat erosion and shrinkage.
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Cutting peat on Veness
by Derek Mayes
for square HY3705
Category: Peat cutting
A dying art, though in these times of high fuel costs it may become fashionable... (more)
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Glas Charn peat hag (4)
by Nic Bullivant
geograph for square NN3597
Succession in the recolonisation of peat, from bare peat, maintained by rain and... (more)
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Peat haggs
by Toby Speight
geograph for square NG7547
Category: Peat haggs
The flat top of this ridge is poorly drained, and thus ideal for the formation... (more)
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Nutberry Moss
by Eirian Evans
geograph for square NY2567
Looking north from the A75 between Annan and Gretna - the brown scar is where... (more)
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Peat Hags East of Beinn nan Cailleach
by Ian Dodds
geograph for square NH7332
There are several long stretches of peat hags in this range of hills - they soon... (more)
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Pillar of peat on north ridge of Grey Nag
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY6648
Peat banks with a broad, separate pillar lying to the east of the ridge crest,... (more)
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Peat haggs and peat banks near Bleak Law
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY8032
Bleak Law is a location along the ridge of Herdship Fell which has several areas... (more)
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Peat banks with pool on Creag a' Mhadaidh
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NN6365
A small lochan among peat banks and areas of bare peat on the north side of... (more)
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Peat bog and peat banks among Bullman Hills
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY7037
The Bullman Hills form a group of relatively minor knolls in a remote area of... (more)
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Peat hagg on ridge line north of Whitehope Law
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NT3345
The fence follows (as best it can) the moorland ridge line north from Whitehope... (more)
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Slieveanorra, peat extraction
by Mike Faherty
geograph for square D1527
Peat cutting is still allowed for domestic purposes, as here, on the nature... (more)
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Peat banks and bogs above Gleann Eachach
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NN3495
The walker is among peat grounds en route for Carn Dearg, a Corbett, lying to... (more)
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Peat cutting, Tom a' Charstoir, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB3146
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Peat cutting, Mula o' Thuath, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB3952
The OS Name Book of 1848-1852 describes Mula o' Thuath as, "a long... (more)
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Peat cutting, Gleann Èirearaigh, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB3249
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Peat banks beside path
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NY4409
Harter Fell is the distant mountain and the path connects it with Mardale Ill... (more)
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Peat Bank on the Moors near Beinn Mhealaich, Sutherland
by Andrew Tryon
geograph for square NC9613
A scar in the peat soil, formed by a watercourse. Peat scars such as this one... (more)
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Peat bank near to summit of Beinn Bhreac
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NG2552
The peat bank lies just to the south of Beinn Bhreac's summit. Beinn... (more)
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Peat banks south of Sgùlan Beag
by Trevor Littlewood
geograph for square NM6131
Sgùlan Beag is part of the ridge system north-east of the mountain Cruach... (more)
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Cut peat
by Richard Dorrell
geograph for square NG4948
Peat is still used as fuel by some of the Skye crofters. Here, peat bricks have... (more)
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Tractor parked near peat cuttings
by Richard Law
geograph for square NF7971
A crofter's tractor parked up near peat workings in the valley of the... (more)
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Peat cutting, Bhinndean, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square NB5245
Looking across Broad Bay/Loch a Tuath towards the Eye Peninsula.
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Submerged Forest and peat exposed at low tide on Morfa Beach, Conwy.
by Leanne Roden
geograph for square SH7679
Submerged Forest and peat exposed at low tide on Morfa Beach, Conwy.... (more)
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Peat Hags on Crowden Head
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SK0988
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Plastic Sheet Piling on Edale Moor
by Mick Garratt
geograph for square SK0987
An attempt to control the erosion and drying out of the peat moor which should... (more)
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Kinder Scout
by Stephen Burton
geograph for square SK0889
Category: High moorland
Kinder Scout is a high moor that suffers from extreme erosion. In some areas the... (more)
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