Examples of peat

• The preferred soil types ranged from peat to almost pure sand.

• An allotment of part of the moor was planned so that peat-cutting could continue when the rest of the moor was enclosed.

• A peat monolith was extracted and seen to contain three tephra layers.

• To be formed, raised (ombrotrophic) mires require high annual precipitations (> 2500 mm) evenly distributed through the year to protect the peat from severe oxidation.

• In this way the archaeological finds in the peat or on the beaches could also be dated.

• The topography was gently rolling, with thick peat extending in the lower parts and white sandy soils dominating in the upper parts.

• These gradual rises in the number of plant species reflect improved peat-forming conditions resulting from local rises of the water table.

• The tubs were half filled with a mixture of steamsterilized sandy loam (50%), peat (30%) and grit (20%).