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Willie writes:
"These fences are in the Highland Park peat hill. What were the fences for?"
Picture added on 13 September 2006
I may be entirely wrong, they look like snow breaks to slow down or catch drifting snow simular to those alongside the railway line through Sutherland/Caithness. I've also seen some fencing like this throughout other parts of the Highlands, but why they should be on the Highland Park peat hill, I wonder?
Added by Ian MacDonald on 13 September 2006
I believe these fences were placed on Hobbister to provide a form of windbreak to allow the heather and other vegetation to grow back after the peat had been removed.
Added by Eddy Ross on 14 September 2006
Makes sense
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Added by William Watters on 15 September 2006
Orphir
