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
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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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Ruins of the Old Gang Smelting Mill [17] · Ruins of the Peat [7] · Peat store on the Moor [5] · Wall [5] ·
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NY9700, 69 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Gordon Hatton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 15 July, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 16 July, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9726 0067 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:24.0893N 2:2.6228W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 9724 0069
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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