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A hop picking machine shed
Of course, hops are no use until they are plucked from the harvested bines - initially done by hand out in the hop garden but later by machine inside anonymous sheds such this.
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The cut bines would arrive by trailer to be hooked onto a conveyor loop inside the shed before being picked mechanically (an efficient system that is still used today, although - unlike this one - they are usually located adjacent to the oast).
NB - The chute on the side of the building in the second picture is the give away here, with the waste bines and twine from the hop-picking machine expelled outside to form temporary stockpiles in the yard.
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Another rural landmark given a new lease of life...
You don't throw away an old farm building these days; this oast remained unconverted until work started last year - possibly now occupied.
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By way of a contrast:work in progress.
This is a modern picking, drying and storage facility near Tenterden in Kent.I've driven past-I think it is complete now, and should be operational this harvest.It is enormous!
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By way of a contrast: at the other end of the spectrum
Here are two really small oasts: the first a single round kiln hidden away behind a low (converted) barn; and the second with no separate kiln at all, instead built inside a compact (converted) barn and particularly difficult to photograph due to high hedges on all sides.
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Another fine oast conversion...
Somewhat buried away within a large historic farmstead, and nowadays surrounded by orchards rather than hop gardens, but you can get several partial views of this picturesque oasthouse from the nearby footpath.
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