Peat and Peat Cutting

Nonfiction, History
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Author: Ian Rotherham ISBN: 9780747811824
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: November 20, 2011
Imprint: Shire Publications Language: English
Author: Ian Rotherham
ISBN: 9780747811824
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: November 20, 2011
Imprint: Shire Publications
Language: English

For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.

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For thousands of years peat was the main fuel that that warmed houses all over the British Isles, and the mark of the peat cutter is written deep in the landscape. This book is a celebration of a cultural history that extended from the Iron Age to the twentieth century. It tells the story of the use of peat for fuel in the British Isles, and the people who cut it. It also examines the methods of cutting, the tools that were used, and the organization of cutting. It chronicles the beginning of commercial extraction and the exhaustion of this precious resource.

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