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Description: | The life of a charcoal burner (or 'coallier') was lonely and tough, although to many observers it was a romantic life. Charcoal burning using cylindrical iron kilns continued in small measure well into the twentieth century, but the traditional industry was all but dead by 1914.
The old method was to look for a piece of level ground which was called a hearth (or earth). On this, the wood was built into conical piles (partially seen on the right of the photograph), with a central shaft to form a flue. Vents were formed at the bottom, opened and closed to control the fire. The finished pile was covered with turf or soil and ignited. The rougher wood, such as the tops and branches of trees, was mainly used. The resultant charcoal was used for fuel.
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Pasmore, Anthony, Surviving evidence of the New Forest charcoal burning industry. Journal of Industrial Archaeology, volume 1, number 1, May 1964, p. 27-35. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Subjects: | New Forest charcoal charcoal burner's hut charcoal burning industry coallier | Temporal: | start=1880-01-01; end=1900-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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