Old Photograph Kelp Gatherer Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of a Kelp gatherer outside his cottage on Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Seaweed was gathered from the coastline at low tide and laid out to dry before being burned in a kelp kiln. Kelp making was the changing or conversion of seaweed into ash, which was used in many things, particularly the production of soda and iodine.



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