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Figure 14.19: The 'sack-wall' made of cement sacks filled with peat: (a) constructing a box to
hold the sacks; (b) building them in. Source: Haaland 1943
This peat, which is dark brown and available in most bogs, consists mainly of rotten leaves,
and is found below the level of the roots in the bog. The plant fibres have to be visible, but
the structure broken down. Rose-peat has to be free from roots and branches. When a piece
