Photograph of cutting and leading peats

PART OF:
Impressions Gallery photography collection and archive
Made:
1985 in North Yorkshire

Black and white photograph of peat cutting. Taken by Ian MacDonald and Patrick Sutherland, 1985. Cutting and leading peats which will be laid out flat to harden on the moor being stood in rickles to dry thoroughly. A rickle is a stack of peats that are drying. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Written in the Fields'.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Impressions Gallery
Object Number:
2015-5024/2199
Materials:
paper (fibre product), cardboard and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 506 mm x 607 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Impressions Gallery Archive at the National Science and Media Museum