2008
TQ5830 : Little Trodgers Oast, Lake Street, Mark Cross, East Sussex
taken 18 years ago, 3 km from Heathfield, East Sussex, Great Britain
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Little Trodgers Oast, Lake Street, Mark Cross, East Sussex
Little Trodgers Oast
Single round kiln oast house, missing cowl.
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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- Grid Square
- TQ5830, 53 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Oast House Archive (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 13 July, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 13 July, 2008
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 5898 3003
[10m precision]
WGS84: 51:2.8574N 0:15.9994E - Camera Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 5898 2996
- View Direction
- NORTH (about 0 degrees)
