Section 03 · 5 entries
The Threshing Year
Grain, chestnut and the paved circle: the small amount of arable a granite slope allows, and the tree that stood in for the rest.
Every entry in The Threshing Year
- The paved circleA flat stone floor built on an exposed spur so the wind could take the chaff away.
- Why it is exposedWinnowing needs wind, so the floor is sited for weather rather than convenience.
- Chestnut as grainWhere wheat would not grow, chestnut was dried, milled and eaten as flour.
- The drying houseA small building with a slatted upper floor and a slow fire beneath it.
- The millWater-driven stones, and the leat that fed them.
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