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  • Thumbnail for Fire pit
    particularly nomadic ones, would cut the turf above the fire-pit in a turf cutting ceremony, replacing the turf afterwards to hide any evidence of the fire...
    7 KB (931 words) - 12:57, 9 July 2024
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    Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications...
    75 KB (8,578 words) - 18:34, 11 September 2024
  • builders' estates began to appear on Haven Lane, Counthill, Parkfield and Turf Pit Lane. This tremendous increase in population has changed Moorside in its...
    2 KB (330 words) - 04:14, 20 April 2022
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    51°29′50″N 0°08′00″W / 51.4971°N 0.1333°W / 51.4971; -0.1333 The Westminster Pit was a well-known blood sport arena in nineteenth-century London, England...
    6 KB (768 words) - 17:34, 22 January 2024
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    of fine for unlicensed cutting, or for cutting turves in a neighbour's turf pit, were punitive. The early 18th century saw attempts by the Lord of the...
    46 KB (6,631 words) - 21:24, 16 December 2023
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    French drain (redirect from Drainage pit)
    does not extend to the surface and instead is covered by soil, in which turf grass or other vegetation may be planted, so that the drain is concealed...
    11 KB (1,477 words) - 05:15, 28 September 2024
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    Dog fighting (redirect from Pit Fighting)
    spectators. In rural areas, fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits; in urban areas, fights are often staged in garages, basements, warehouses...
    74 KB (8,107 words) - 17:37, 6 August 2024
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    Peat (redirect from Turf cutting)
    peat. Peat moss is a manufactured product for use in garden cultivation. Turf (dried out peat sods) is also commonly used in rural areas.[citation needed]...
    76 KB (8,312 words) - 14:04, 28 September 2024
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    calculating the height/range of aircraft), a light anti-aircraft machine gun pit, a generator and hutted accommodation for the crew. This site is included...
    27 KB (3,267 words) - 07:06, 10 July 2024
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    Gwennap (redirect from Gwennap Pit)
    people turned the pit into a regular circular shape with turf seats. The location of the pit has been described as being used for Cornish wrestling tournaments...
    15 KB (1,863 words) - 15:24, 4 July 2024
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    2024. "Round 3 in Review: Leading protagonists emerge and glory on home turf". F1® Academy. Retrieved July 12, 2024. Engle, Greg (July 3, 2023). "Lia...
    21 KB (684 words) - 23:32, 26 September 2024
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    A dugout or dug-out, also known as a pit-house or earth lodge, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression...
    25 KB (3,157 words) - 01:44, 1 May 2024
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    Ayrshire, Scotland. A glaciated lake filled with liquid peat and moss flooded pit workings, trapping more than a hundred miners underground. For several days...
    5 KB (610 words) - 22:21, 22 May 2024
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    Earth shelter (redirect from Turf house)
    thought that from about 15,000 BC migratory hunters in Europe were using turf and earth to insulate simple round huts that were also sunk into the ground...
    64 KB (8,578 words) - 16:58, 21 July 2024
  • now in control of his own tower and overseeing the pit. Bodie and Poot become embroiled in a turf dispute with an independent crew that leads to a firefight...
    9 KB (1,219 words) - 07:20, 4 June 2024
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    Donald Dewar, the Secretary of State for Scotland, cut the first sod of turf to begin work at lock 31 on the Forth and Clyde Canal. Over 1000 people were...
    30 KB (3,349 words) - 16:29, 19 August 2024
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    an octagon or hexagon) called a gaga pit. The gaga pit generally consists of flat walls atop a smooth dirt, turf, sand, or rubberized surface. The gaga...
    13 KB (1,816 words) - 21:47, 20 September 2024
  • Rochdale Tunshill,*Tunshill Tunshill Hey, Littleborough Turf House, Littleborough Turf Pits, Oldham Turf Tavern, Bagslate Tweedale, Rochdale Wallnook, Wardle...
    47 KB (3,939 words) - 10:19, 22 June 2024
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    Lane as far as Nico Ditch; and following Nelstrop Road as far as the turf-pits between Heaton Norris and Reddish (these are lost); and from there following...
    66 KB (7,023 words) - 14:52, 19 March 2024
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    attractions. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The turf-built Antonine Wall of 142 in what is now central Scotland, which briefly...
    70 KB (7,851 words) - 03:17, 20 September 2024
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