Horse extraction at Scolty Forest
Photographs courtesy of Abbie Gordon, Banchory.
Horse extraction with Swedish Arch at Scolty, Kincardine Forest District. Horse extraction was sometimes used in this era to remove timber from environmentally sensitive sites where it was critical that there was the minimum of damage to surface of the ground. This could be on sites where there was evidence of important archaeology or conservation species. Horses could not work however in very soft wet sites.
Note the arch has chains hanging down which are put around individual logs or tree stems. The chains are tightened by means of ratchets and levers on the top of the arch which lifts the butt of the log or tree up off the ground and up against the top curve of the arch.
Can anyone name the chainsaw operator?
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Groups: Forestry Areas, Forestry in Action, Horses at work in Forests, Northeast Scotland