Showing posts with label Peat burning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peat burning. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Port Ellen

An old view of Frederick Crescent Port Ellen from the Museum of Islay Life.  Virtually every house has smoke rising from the chimney - and the vast majority would have been burning peat.  Far less peat is burnt on Islay today that in times past.