Most of these photos were taken by Mike Davies-Shiel, mostly during a visit to Foulshaw Moss in the south of the county in May 1990. The bottom four photos were taken by Rob David on the same visit, and show the peat barrow in more detail. You can read about the visit here.
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The peat bank (149-049)
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Larry Walling with peat barrow (149-048)
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Peat drying and stacked (149-041)
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Peat diggings (149-039)
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Peat blocks and stackdrying (149-036)
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Peat digging (149-035)
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Peats being stacked (8-202)
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Cutting peats (149-051)
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Peat barrow and tools, Foulshaw, Aug 1966 (8-200)
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Detail of peat bank
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Peat from 1989 in sheds (149-055)
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Peat cutting, Helsington Moss, Aug 1964 (149-012)
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Close-up of peat, Helsington Moss, 1964 (149-057)
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Peat hut above Eskdale, Sept 1989 (114-041)
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Earlier peat hut above Eskdale, Sept 1989 (114-210)
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Later peat hut above Eskdale, Sept 1989 (114-212)
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