Traditional Barns in the Yorkshire Dales
Oct 19, 2019 07:14:41 #
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Oct 19, 2019 10:54:01 #
Graham Smith wrote:
Evening sun in The Dales.
Nicely captured - and an interesting photo - I counted more than 20 barnes.
Oct 20, 2019 06:01:32 #
Oct 20, 2019 06:19:07 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Fascinating details. Are all those tiny barns for the tiny sheep? 
Why does the green pasture only go part way up the hillsides? Makes me think of my corner of the planet where green is maintained by irrigation, not rain. Does it have to do with lack of topsoil?
Great to see you, Graham!
Why does the green pasture only go part way up the hillsides? Makes me think of my corner of the planet where green is maintained by irrigation, not rain. Does it have to do with lack of topsoil?Great to see you, Graham!
Tiny Barns, tiny sheep? This is Yorkshire, not the Land of Lilliput!
Up towards the tops of the hills the pasture is too rough for even the tiny sheep to make a profitable living
The winters are very harsh in the Dales.Good to be here, Linda
Oct 20, 2019 06:26:37 #
Delderby wrote:
Nicely captured - and an interesting photo - I counted more than 20 barnes.
Twenty? That's more than The Rams have points
Oct 20, 2019 08:54:46 #
Graham Smith wrote:
Twenty? That's more than The Rams have points
As a long ago West Londoner it was QPR, less long ago in Norfolk it was Norwich - then Notts Forest - now Derby County - I think every where else would pay to keep me away from their turnstiles.
Oct 20, 2019 14:13:16 #
Oct 25, 2019 18:34:22 #
A fascinating image, Graham!
I am curious as to why essentially all the barns (save for the one in left foreground) were built to the same compass orientation? The low sun accentuates that fact. Given that it is a late afternoon sun, I’m guessing their ridgepoles all run roughly east-west.
Whyzat?
They seem to be built at right angle to the strike of the slope. Could it be that it makes leveling the floor easier?
Dave
I am curious as to why essentially all the barns (save for the one in left foreground) were built to the same compass orientation? The low sun accentuates that fact. Given that it is a late afternoon sun, I’m guessing their ridgepoles all run roughly east-west.
Whyzat?
They seem to be built at right angle to the strike of the slope. Could it be that it makes leveling the floor easier?
Dave
Oct 25, 2019 18:35:45 #
Oct 29, 2019 11:55:23 #
Uuglypher wrote:
A fascinating image, Graham!
I am curious as to why essentially all the barns (save for the one in left foreground) were built to the same compass orientation? The low sun accentuates that fact. Given that it is a late afternoon sun, I’m guessing their ridgepoles all run roughly east-west.
Whyzat?
They seem to be built at right angle to the strike of the slope. Could it be that it makes leveling the floor easier?
Dave
I am curious as to why essentially all the barns (save for the one in left foreground) were built to the same compass orientation? The low sun accentuates that fact. Given that it is a late afternoon sun, I’m guessing their ridgepoles all run roughly east-west.
Whyzat?
They seem to be built at right angle to the strike of the slope. Could it be that it makes leveling the floor easier?
Dave
Hello Dave, I thank that if the barns were built with ridges running at right angles to the slope they would have to excavate a lot of rocky ground to give useable headroom at the uphill end. It would also nessesitate a high and unstable gable wall at the downhill end.
Graham
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