Brede High Farm, East Sussex. Over 30 saw pits have been found in the woods. Cotehele, Cornwall. Preserved by the National Trust in working order. Elvet, County Durham. Haltwhistle, Northumberland. A saw pit is located beside the Haltwhistle burn. Haswell, County Durham. Kibblesworth, County Durham. Little Lumley, County Durham. Quarrington, County Durham. A saw pit near Quarrington Hall. Marble Head, Restronguet Point, near Falmouth, Cornwall. There is a trench there - now stone-clad - which is thought to have once been the site of a saw pit, but this has not been confirmed. Singleton, Chichester, West Sussex. A covered saw pit at the Weald and Downland Museum. Scotland Broomhill, map reference: NH 611 516; Parish of Knockbain in the Highland Council area. Cadham, map reference: NO 3298 7240; Parish of Cortachy and Clova in Angus Council area. Charlie's Sike, map reference: NY 4805 8770; Parish of Castleton in Scottish Borders Council area. Kennox estate, map reference: NS 386 448; Parish of Dreghorn in the North Ayrshire Council area. Kirkton Muir, map reference: NH 602 435, Parish of Kirkhill in the Highland Council area. Nettlehirst near Barrmill in North Ayrshire had a saw pit close to the house in 1856. Pennyseorach, map reference: NR 7127 0778; Parish of Southend in Argyll And Bute Council area. Strathallan Wood, map reference: NN 9420 1797, Parish of Trinity Gask in Perth And Kinross. Two parallel grass-grown hollows mark the site of a disused saw pit on the edge of a forestry plantation 950 m ESE of Raith farmstead (NN91 NW61). They are set about 1 m apart. Woolforddyke, map reference: NT 0075 5590; Parish of Carnwath in South Lanarkshire Council area. The visible remains are of an oval pit, measuring 2 m by 1.6 m across and 0.4 m in depth, situated within a shelter belt. References Notes Sources Dodds, James & Moore, James (1984). Building the Wooden Fighting Ship. London : Chatham. . Muir, Richard (2008). Woods, Hedgerows and Leafy Lanes. Striud : Tempus. . Paterson, James (editor) (1847). The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire. Edinburgh : T G Stevenson. Peterson, Charles E (1973). Sawdust Trail: Annals of Sawmilling and the Lumber Trade. Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2. Rackham, Oliver (1976). Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape. Pub. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. . Singer, C et al., History of Technology II (Oxford 1956). External