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The Teaching Cabinet, Geographical Sciences

Photograph of peat diggers

Calendar Early 20th century Map pin Somerset, United Kingdom Drs James Palmer and Nye Merrill-Glover

Historically, peat was critical to the fuel and labour economies of the Somerset levels. These turves, individual blocks of peat, have been stocked to dry before eventually being sold.

We hope that the evolving collection of curated displays will cultivate deeper shared connections within and beyond our School – inviting us all to encounter, and re-encounter, the geographies we study through tangible, resonant forms.

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