Old Photograph Peat Cutting Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters cutting Peat on Orkney Islands, Scotland. For crofting families the annual peat cutting was a time consuming task that could involve the whole family and often the neighbours as well. The job of cutting, drying and transporting the peats home would have equated to about one months full time work for a man, and this was all done over the Spring and Summer months, a very busy time for crofters.



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