2018
NY9700 : Old Gang peat store - internal view
taken 6 years ago, 3 km from Feetham, North Yorkshire, England
Old Gang peat store - internal view
A view along the 'inside' of the old peat store on the moor side above Old Gang smelt mill. This 390ft long structure had a timber framed roof covered by ling thatch, but with sides open to the sun and wind so that peat would dry out. Two ruined cross walls split the store into three unequal sections, probably indicating extensions as production increased at the mill. Peat was readily available on the nearby moors, but some mills will have used coal as well as peat, as there are deposits of coal not far from here [Tan Hill, William Gill etc].
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