The agreement was a pragmatic approach since permission to cut peat on all the sites had already been given.
After the driver dropped me off, I found myself alone, except for an elderly gentleman who was cutting peat in a nearby field.
Turbary is the ancient right to cut turf, or peat, for fuel on a particular area of bog.
Turbary: the right to cut turf or peat for fuel.
In winter we cut peat to manure the soil.
The right of Dartmoor commoners to cut peat for fuel is known as turbary.
The old man who had been cutting peat was the first of them.
It was found in 1840 in Skåne, Sweden, while cutting peat from a bog.
"It's just a pit where they used to cut peat, not a real lake."
Even 50 years ago we'd probably have had to cut peat and chop wood in order to cook and keep warm.