Lenzie Moss: Collecting samples

Photographs. Affleck. Lenzie Moss. 2018 various dates. Samples collected - mud, muddy water, leaves and ground cover, loose sticks, hare's tail cotton grass (eriophorum vaginatum) apparently known in Scotland as draw-ling or drawmoss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriophorum_vaginatum#cite_note-5) Photos showing traces in the landscape of prior use for the cutting of peat Photos below show the peat has been …

Lenzie Moss: Peat bog

Case study 2 proposal (submitted at the end of Ceramics 1) Lenzie Moss is a nature reserve in East Dunbartonshire, comprised of low land raised bog which at one time was extensively exploited for peat production. It has vague evidence of peat cutting in the characteristics of the landscape and ruins of peat sheds and …

Processing the samples

I soaked and sieved the soil samples from the river bank and the burn. I would say that there’s not really a clay content to them. I kept the sieving of the burn as it was mostly slate grit. The samples were more sandy and sediments than something you could make a pinch pot out …

Collecting clay

I pulled on my wellies yesterday and went out digging around for clay samples near Luss Loch Lomond. Its a significant area as it marks the Highland Boundary fault line - a geological structure which marks the boundary between highland and lowlands of Scotland. The lowland side, which is where the village of Luss lies …