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| Peat cutting The peat on the moorland was cut and dried to use as fuel. The villagers usually had turbary rights, that is the right to cut peat on the adjacent moorland to use as fuel. They also usually had the right to gather cowlings, the dried heather twigs which were used for fire lighting. Lead mining was the major industry in the Dales up to the late 1800s. The lead was smelted using peat as the fuel. There are still the remains of the peat stores, which had a roof and open sides where the peat was stored and allowed to dry, close to the smelt mills. |
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