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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 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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Small scale peat working
by Trevor Littlewood geograph for square HY3209 The peat working is reached by a hill road which road leaves the small... (more)
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top:Air, Sky, WeatherX
Bagged PeatX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
Hill WalkerX
top:MoorlandX
Moorland RoadX
Peat WorkingX
top:Sport, LeisureX
top:UplandsX
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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 workings alongside A846
by Trevor Littlewood geograph for square NR3155 There is much evidence of peat working alongside the A846 south of Bowmore;... (more)
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top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
Heather MoolandX
top:LowlandsX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Workings
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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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Peat workings alongside A846
by Trevor Littlewood geograph for square NR3253 The flat moorland alongside the A846 has peat workings to both sides; most are... (more)
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top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
Heather and Grass MoorlandX
top:LowlandsX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat Workings
TurfsX
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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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Meall na Bčiste beyond peat workings
by Trevor Littlewood geograph for square NC0011 Probably the peat working has not been dug for a short time as the cut faces... (more)
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Peat ready for collection, Westhay Moor
by Edwin Graham geograph for square ST4743 Modern peat extraction uses excavators to dig the peat and leave it in tidy rows... (more)
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top:Flat LandscapesX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat MoorX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
WesthayX
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A rare sight
by Ian Paterson geograph for square SE7205 This small group of silver birch is the only significant tree cover in this... (more)
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Old peat workings - Cloghbolie Townland
by Mac McCarron geograph for square B8006 Category: Peat works Extraction has been carried out to a comparatively shallow depth. A local man... (more)
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Peat Workings
by Mary and Angus Hogg geograph for square NR3452 Peat workings near Glenegedale, with some ready to take away.
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top:MoorlandX
Peat Workings
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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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Working Westhay Heath
by Neil Owen geograph for square ST4242 Peat forms the most significant sector in Somerset's industries in this... (more)
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top:Flat LandscapesX
type:GeographX
top:IndustryX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
subject:PeatX
Peat Workings
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Swinefleet Peat Works
by Christine Johnstone geograph for square SE7616 The first mill at this location was established in 1886, and was called... (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 CuttingX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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 CuttingX
Peat Workings
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 CuttingX
Peat ExtractionX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Drying peats, An Campar Mňr, 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 CuttingX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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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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type:GeographX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat ExtractionX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:UplandsX
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Loaded peat wagon on Westhay Moor Drove
by Edwin Graham geograph for square ST4643 Peat excavation continues on Westhay Moor, but under strictly licensed terms.... (more)
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top:Flat LandscapesX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat MoorX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:Roads, Road TransportX
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Peat works, Whim Moss
by Richard Webb geograph for square NT2053 Peat is removed from here and nearby Auchencorth Moss.
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Peat works, Causeymire
by Richard Webb geograph for square ND1749 Mounds of peat beside the A9. Taken from a borrow pit across the road which I... (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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Taking the peat makes for a new lake
by Neil Owen geograph for square ST4242 As the peat is worked, it allows for a new lake to form, allowing plenty of... (more)
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top:Flat LandscapesX
type:GeographX
top:IndustryX
subject:LakeX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat Workings
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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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top:Farm, Fishery, Market GardeningX
top:Flat LandscapesX
type:GeographX
top:IndustryX
top:LowlandsX
subject:PeatX
Peat Workings
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Peat workings beside the Royal Canal
by Oliver Dixon geograph for square N2559 Tags:
CanalX
top:CanalsX
type:GeographX
subject:PeatX
Peat Workings
PlantationX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
top:Woodland, ForestX
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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 CuttingX
Peat ExtractionX
Peat Workings
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 CuttingX
Peat ExtractionX
Peat Workings
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 CuttingX
Peat WorkingX
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat cutting, Gleann Čirearaigh, Isle of Lewis
by Claire Pegrum geograph for square NB3249 Tags:
type:GeographX
top:IslandsX
place:Isle of LewisX
top:MoorlandX
subject:PeatX
Peat CuttingX
Peat ExtractionX
Peat Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat works, Causeymire
by Richard Webb geograph for square ND1749 Area of peat extraction south of Mybster. Scaraben in the background.
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Former peat workings on Thorne Waste
by Jonathan Thacker geograph for square SE7414 Despite the recent relative lack of rain these workings have been kept under... (more)
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top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat Workings
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Peat works, Auchencorth Moss
by Richard Webb geograph for square NT1956 Same operators as the workings on Whim Moss.
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Works by Lewis's Drove
by Derek Harper geograph for square ST4643 Part of a peat works north of the junction with Westhay Moor Drove.
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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 Workings
top:Quarrying, MiningX
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Peat works, Auchencorth Moss
by Richard Webb geograph for square NT1956 The white material is snow.
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Former peat workings, Hatfield Moors
by Jonathan Thacker geograph for square SE7105 |
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Bog, rocks and old peat workings - Derrycunlagh Townland
by Mac McCarron geograph for square L7146 Category: Bogland |
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Dornock Flow
by Andy Farrington geograph for square NY2567 Looking out over the peat workings with very noticeable hundreds of acres of black fields.
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Peat Workings at Nutberry Moss
by Andy Farrington geograph for square NY2467 The A75 is to the right of picture with a view here over several enclosures... (more)
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Swinefleet Peat Works
by Jonathan Thacker geograph for square SE7616 Now derelict.
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top:IndustryX
Peat WorksX
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Remains at Rattlebrook
by Graham Horn geograph for square SX5687 The remains of part of the wall of the Rattlebrook peat works drying house.... (more)
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
Peat WorksX
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Rough grazing - old peat workings - Termon Townland
by Mac McCarron geograph for square B7110 Category: Rough grazing |
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Making use of the old workings
by Neil Owen for square ST4242 Peat extraction leaves some voids that are quickly filled with water, giving... (more)
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type:Cross GridX
top:Flat LandscapesX
top:IndustryX
subject:LakeX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat Workings
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
Wild BirdsX
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Next to Vanity Rhyne
by Neil Owen geograph for square ST4242 Opening up the peat workings is useful for creating new wetland habitats.
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top:Flat LandscapesX
type:GeographX
top:IndustryX
subject:LakeX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat Workings
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Peat workings, Coll
by Richard Webb geograph for square NM2661 Previously exploited bog below Meall na h-Iolaire.
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BogX
CollX
top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
Peat Workings
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Causeway in the bog
by Richard Webb geograph for square NM2661 On the way to Meall na h-Iolaire, this raised strip provided slightly easier... (more)
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top:Derelict, DisusedX
top:Energy InfrastructureX
type:GeographX
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
top:MoorlandX
Peat Workings
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