England - Aerial view, Peat Extraction, Westhay Moor. near Glastonbury, Somerset. At the beginning of the 20th century mechanised diggers were used to create machine cut trenches. The peat was then stacked in blocks to dry. It still happens today, but is strictly limited. The geometrical patterns formed by the dark peat and gleaming water, remain a characteristic symbol of the Levels around the River Brue.