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Staddle stones, the Glossary

Index Staddle stones

Staddle stones or steddle stones were originally used as supporting bases for granaries, hayricks, game larders, etc.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Asturias, Bushel, Cunninghamhead Estate, Duke of Bedford, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Foundation (engineering), Galicia (Spain), Game larder, Granary, Great Britain, Hay, Hórreo, Isle of Wight, Latte stone, Mushroom stones, National Museum of Rural Life, North Ayrshire, Norway, Oxfordshire, Peper Harow, Reigate, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Sturry, Surrey, Sussex, Tavistock, Tithe barns in Europe, Tower mill, United Kingdom, Weald and Downland Living Museum.

  2. Mechanical pest control
  3. Shallow foundations

Asturias

Asturias (Asturies) officially the Principality of Asturias, (Principado de Asturias; Principáu d'Asturies; Galician–Asturian: Principao d'Asturias) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain.

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Bushel

A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of volume based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity.

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Cunninghamhead Estate

The Cunninghamhead Estate is in the 21st century mainly a residential caravan park with two private residences near Irvine, Scotland.

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Duke of Bedford

Duke of Bedford (named after Bedford, England) is a title that has been created six times (for five distinct people) in the Peerage of England.

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East Kilbride

East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Foundation (engineering)

In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with floating structures), transferring loads from the structure to the ground. Staddle stones and foundation (engineering) are Architectural elements.

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Galicia (Spain)

Galicia (Galicia (officially) or Galiza; Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.

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Game larder

A game larder, also sometimes known as a deer or venison larder, deer, venison or game house, game pantry or game store, is a small domestic outbuilding where the carcasses of game, including deer, game birds, hares and rabbits, are hung to mature in a cool environment.

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Granary

A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Hay

Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use as animal fodder, either for large grazing animals raised as livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep, or for smaller domesticated animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

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Hórreo

An hórreo is a typical granary from the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, Galicia, where it might be called a Galician granary, and Northern Portugal), built in wood or stone, raised from the ground (to keep rodents and water out) by pillars (pegollos in Asturian and Cantabrian, esteos in Galician, espigueiros in Portuguese, abearriak in Basque) ending in flat staddle stones (vira-ratos in Galician, mueles or tornarratos in Asturian, or zubiluzea in Basque) to prevent access by rodents.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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Latte stone

A latte stone, or simply latte (also latde, latti, or latdi), is a pillar (Chamorro language: haligi) capped by a hemispherical stone capital (tasa) with the flat side facing up.

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Mushroom stones

Mushroom stones, or mushroom rocks, in Ireland are limestone boulders undercut by past weathering regimes.

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National Museum of Rural Life

The National Museum of Rural Life, previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire and Carmunnock in Glasgow.

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North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Àir a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Peper Harow

Peper Harow is a rural village and civil parish in southwest Surrey close to the town of Godalming.

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Reigate

Reigate is a town in Surrey, England, around south of central London.

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Somerset Rural Life Museum

The Somerset Rural Life Museum is situated in Glastonbury, Somerset, UK.

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Sturry

Sturry is a village on the Great Stour river situated northeast of Canterbury in Kent.

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Surrey

Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Tithe barns in Europe

A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes.

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Tower mill

A tower mill is a type of vertical windmill consisting of a brick or stone tower, on which sits a wooden 'cap' or roof, which can rotate to bring the sails into the wind.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Weald and Downland Living Museum

The Weald and Downland Living Museum (known as the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum until January 2017) is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex.

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See also

Mechanical pest control

Shallow foundations

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staddle_stones

Also known as Staddle-stone, Staddlestone, Staddlestones, Steddle stones.