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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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Stacked Peat Sod Rows on Blanket Bog near Carrick
by David Dixon geograph for square G5482 The aftermath of cutting peat from the bog. Multiple small piles of neatly cut... (more)
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top:Barren PlateauxX
Blanket BogX
type:GeographX
Hand Cut PeatX
camera:IPhone 15X
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
MoorlandX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Cutting
Peat MoorlandX
Peat StacksX
Slean CuttingX
top:UplandsX
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Disturbed Peat Surface in Upland Donegal Moor
by David Dixon geograph for square G5582 This photo shows the aftermath of peat cutting, typical of upland bogs in... (more)
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Blanket BogX
Bogland ClearanceX
type:GeographX
camera:IPhone 15X
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Mechanised Peat ExtractionX
top:MoorlandX
MoorlandX
Peat Cutting
Peat MoorlandX
Peat TrenchingX
top:UplandsX
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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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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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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 Worker
by Derek Mayes geograph for square HY3906 Category: Peat works Small stooks are built to catch the wind and sunshine.
This is peat cutting on... (more)
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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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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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top:Energy InfrastructureX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
FuelX
place:Isle of SkyeX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
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Peat cutting to the south west of Loch nan Ceithir Eilean, North Uist
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NF8566 Looking towards Eabhal.
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type:GeographX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat (Fuel)X
Peat BlocksX
Peat CuttingsX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat storage hut, Birker Fell
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NY1900 I came across this ruin on the descent of Harter Fell. The Scafell range of... (more)
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Peat cutting by Loch Roisneabhat, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB4039 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
subject:PeatX
Peat (Fuel)X
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting near Baile Ailein, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB2620 Looking towards NB2621 : Loch Cuthaig.
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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
Peat ExtractionX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Recent peat cuttings
by Richard Law geograph for square NF7671 I noticed these while hunting for my mountain bike, which I'd (cleverly?)... (more)
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Peat cuttings on the moor below Cleitreabhal a Deas
by Richard Law geograph for square NF7671 This particular one seems disused, but there were signs of more recent cutting... (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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near:DunveganX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
top:Heath, ScrubX
place:Isle of SkyeX
PeatX
Peat Cutting
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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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Cut peat bank, Loch Euphort, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NF8662 Looking towards Loch na Ceithir-Eileana.
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type:GeographX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
LochX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat (Fuel)X
Peat Cutting
Peat WorkingX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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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top:CoastalX
plant:Cotton GrassX
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
Peat ExtractionX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting, Tom a' Charstoir, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB3146 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
Peat ExtractionX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
Peat WorkingX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting, Gleann Èirearaigh, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB3249 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
Peat ExtractionX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting on Eilean na Cille
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF8445 Peat is cut for household fires.
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Peat cutting near Greosabhagh
by Dave Fergusson geograph for square NG1493 Peat is still regularly cut on Harris. Back breaking work, but certainly cheaper... (more)
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Cutting peat at Lough Inagh
by Marathon geograph for square L8450 The largest Gaelic-speaking area in Ireland is Connemara in County Galway and... (more)
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ConnemaraX
type:GeographX
top:Geological InterestX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
place:Lough InaghX
Peat Cutting
top:People, EventsX
top:UplandsX
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Peat cutting
by Sandy Gerrard geograph for square NB0706 Peat is still a source of fuel in the Outer Hebrides.
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Peat cutting on Peat Pit Moss, Holme
by Humphrey Bolton geograph for square SE1204 Quite small pieces of peat stacked to dry.
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CRoW Access LandX
type:GeographX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Cutting
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Peat cutting below Beinn Bhragair, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB2744 The car appears to be used as a shelter and tool store.
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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting near Borve, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB4255 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting near Borve, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB4254 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting on the Peat Road
by M J Richardson geograph for square NG0587 At the southern end of Loch Langabhat.
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top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
Loch LangabhatX
top:MoorlandX
Na H-Eileanan an Iar/Outer HebridesX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
top:Rocks, Scree, CliffsX
South HarrisX
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Peat cutting, Cnoc Miclaid, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB2945 Looking towards Beinn Choinnich.
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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat CuttingsX
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Remains of Old Peat Cuttings
by Mick Garratt geograph for square NC3468 A few metres east of the 8 mile marker post.
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
subject:PeatX
PeatX
Peat CuttingsX
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Peat drying in Glenegedale
by M J Richardson for square NR3452 Freshly cut from a deep layer of peat NR3452 : Peat cutting in Glenegedale.
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Argyll and ButeX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
top:IslandsX
island:IslayX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat Cutting
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Peat cutting
by Richard Dorrell geograph for square NG3251 The foxgloves are flowering alongside the old A850, a section of which runs... (more)
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Peat Cutting Near Challister Ness
by Rude Health geograph for square HU5766 Easy walk to bag the Vanessa Trig after taking the car over on the ferry with... (more)
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Looking west from the moor at Tunga
by M J Richardson geograph for square NB4337 At an active peat cutting site - the edge across the depression was apparently... (more)
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CroftingX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:LowlandsX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Cutting
place:TungaX
top:Village, Rural SettlementX
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Gathering winter fuel
by M J Richardson geograph for square NB4337 Peat cutting at Tunga. The top layer of 'turf' is stripped off and... (more)
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place:Isle of LewisX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
top:LowlandsX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Cutting
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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 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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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
subject:PeatX
Peat (Fuel)X
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat Drying
by Des Blenkinsopp geograph for square HU5182 I'm exploiting this peat cutting as a photo opportunity for all it's... (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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type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat (Fuel)X
Peat BlocksX
Peat Cutting
Peat WorkingsX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Drying Peat by the Road
by Des Blenkinsopp geograph for square HP5201 Cut peat piled on old pallets over a ditch is a good way of getting the air all... (more)
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top:MoorlandX
Peat CuttingsX
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Old peat cuttings along the Allt na Criche
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NR2565 Marshy land to the east of Loch Gorm. The Paps of Jura can be seen on the horizon.
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Old peat cuttings along the Allt na Criche
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square NR2565 Marshy ground to the east of Loch Gorm.
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A site of peat extraction
by Bill Boaden geograph for square HY3418 Regular cuts are made in the hillside where the peat has been removed. The track... (more)
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Peat moorland on Whalsay
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square HU5662 Showing signs of extensive peat cutting. The island of East Linga HU6162 out to sea.
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Peat stack near Burga Water
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square HU2253 Neatly cut and stacked. A day of very low cloud over the moors.
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Peat cutting on Whalsay
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square HU5664 This traditional fuel is making a comeback in the light of the ever-rising price of oil.
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Peat Stacks by the Pentland Road
by Colin Smith geograph for square NB2636 Small stacks of peat cut from the turf-covered moorland in deepest Lewis.
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top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
Peat Cutting
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