Cycling Mollie
Traprain
Chimney sticking out of a modern shed with elaborate copings. Traprain chimney is a prominent landmark from the A1 at East Linton.
Derek Purdey says "Splendid engine house chimneys are a feature of East Lothian farms, reminders of the days when the static threshing machines were steam driven, and whilst Sunnyside presents the best facade as you climb the hill, Traprain has the better chimney". (25 Cycle Routes Edinburgh and East Lothian HMSO 1996).
The vents are for the grain drier. Barley is tested for water content and drying ensures that it can be sold for malting. Too wet and it may sprout in storage, overdried and it cannot sprout and cannot be malted. Grain driers became a feature of farms when field drying of grain (in stooks of eight to twelve sheaves) was made obsolete by combine harvesters. The pipe sticking out above the trailer is a grain auger used to lift grain out of trailers and into the shed. The cylindrical building is a grain silo.
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-14528-traprain-steadi...
Traprain
Chimney sticking out of a modern shed with elaborate copings. Traprain chimney is a prominent landmark from the A1 at East Linton.
Derek Purdey says "Splendid engine house chimneys are a feature of East Lothian farms, reminders of the days when the static threshing machines were steam driven, and whilst Sunnyside presents the best facade as you climb the hill, Traprain has the better chimney". (25 Cycle Routes Edinburgh and East Lothian HMSO 1996).
The vents are for the grain drier. Barley is tested for water content and drying ensures that it can be sold for malting. Too wet and it may sprout in storage, overdried and it cannot sprout and cannot be malted. Grain driers became a feature of farms when field drying of grain (in stooks of eight to twelve sheaves) was made obsolete by combine harvesters. The pipe sticking out above the trailer is a grain auger used to lift grain out of trailers and into the shed. The cylindrical building is a grain silo.
www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-14528-traprain-steadi...