17 photographs in the Heathland section of the Places and Objects collection.
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2823 Longshaw peat moorland Derbyshire
A wide expanse of moorland, woods and farmland in the Peak District National Park.
2824 Longshaw peat moorland Derbyshire
The clumps of reed shows that the soil is poorly drained and acidic.
2825 Longshaw peat moorland Derbyshire
A few sheep graze the rough pasture of Longshaw peat moorland in Derbyshire, UK.
2826 Longshaw peat moorland Derbyshire
Typical bleak scenery of peat moorland.
344 Sedgemoor rhine
With drainage the soil can become useful agricultural land. A rhine is the local name for a drainage channel.
345 Sedgemoor rhine
With drainage the soil can become useful agricultural land. A rhine is the local name for a drainage channel.
350 Sedgemoor
The area of a major Civil War battle in 1685.
356 Sedgemoor rhines
Drainage channels in marshland on Sedgemoor. With drainage the soil can become useful agricultural land. A rhine is the local name for a drainage channel.
Sally Gap Ireland - Former peat working
Sally Gap Ireland - Former peat workings, recovering and overgrowing very slowly
Sally Gap Ireland - open heathland 01
Sally Gap, Ireland. View across open boglands
Sally Gap Ireland - open heathland 02
Sally Gap, Ireland. View across open boglands
Sally Gap Ireland - open heathland 03
Sally Gap, Ireland. View across open boglands
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat working 01
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat workings
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat working 02
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat workings
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat working and sods
Sally Gap Ireland - Peat working and sods
Sandy heather heathland in rain
Sandy heather heathland in rain, Bedfordshire.
Sandy heather heathland
Sandy heather heathland, Bedfordshire.
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