Paper in peat (2 years on)

Repeat

On a third anniversary PHS trip, Carol Dunbar, Dan Lee and I made our way up the Dale of Corrigall in Harray yesterday, to the crest overlooking Rendall, the Bay of Firth, and Kirkwall.

 And Birsay

And Evie

Lovers of peat landscape may like to know that Laura Harrington's Layerscape will be screened in Teesdale on 18th March: part of the 'As Slow As Possible' AV Festival taking place throughout March in Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesborough and Sunderland. (The event is sold out, officially, but Laura has written to say that the organisers have now released some further places.)

Peat writing

Thanks to Anne Bevan for mentioning this article.

Patterns in peat

Fellow peat lovers,

here are two images that may interest you. The first one is a shot of patterns of peat extraction in an archaeological excavation. Interesting shapes!

The second photo shows Medieval peat extraction on a Roman Period site. Most of the peat was excavated in the Middle Ages, except where it contained too much wood. In this case the peat contains in situ oak posts that are part of a Roman building. The remnants of peat show the plan of the building; large timbers through the center of the building with much lighter posts being used for the outside walls.

Environmentalism and Site Based Performance

http://performancefootprint.co.uk

Blue Skies & Brown Peat, Black-brown Peat, Tobacco Pete, Silt, Clay, Till, Bannocks, Tea and Sandwiches

Ideas for the new year...

Well it's 2011. Ideas for the Peat Hill Symposium...

1) 1st year anniversary walk on 30/01/11. A walk around the watershed.
2) Coring of the settlement/ possible burnt mound site
3) Geophysics (Magsus) across the site
4) Transect walks
5) Archive work with maps and names
6) Think about landscape, place and memory

Any other thoughts?