EAT THE PEAK
Peak Experience
- Ancient Farming
- Beef and Cows
- Cheese and milk
- Farming Today
- Game and fish
- Guest Houses on Working Farms
- Honey to Beers
- How Farmers Made Moorlands
- Lamb and Sheep
- Local Recipes
- Markets and Towns
- Oatcakes
- Peak District Foods and Cuisine
- Puddings
- Stone Field Barns
- The Environmental Quality Mark
- Walls Across the Peak
Stone Field Barns
Field barn in a Medieval field at Wetton
Field barns near Hartington Go anywhere in the Peak District and you’ll see small barns tucked into the corners
of fields. They are a distinctive part of the historic Peak District landscape.
Farmers who owned land far from their farmhouse built field barns to shelter
sheep and cattle over winter, store hay and secure farm tools. Many are still
in use, while others are now ruins.
The barns and nearby field walls make great subjects for photographs.
Places to visit
Bonsal Moor. These barns were built by farmer-miners over 200 years ago. They are among
the largest groups of barns in the Peak District and are being deliberately preserved
for the future.
Hartington and Wetton. These villages are good points to explore from.
You’ll see plenty of field barns dotted around the South West Peak.
Business Links
