Zone

The Cutting

An active timber cutting beside Lamp Road: felling in progress on the first shift, a finished clearing and an opened fork on the second.

Spatial plan

Lamp Road: The Finished Cutting

Spatial plan

Lamp Road: Opening Shift

Notes

First shift: stumps, a felled trunk or two, stacked logs, an axe stuck where the woodcutter left it, and a line of marked trees showing where the cut is going. The way beyond is blocked by standing timber and the work itself.

Second shift: the marked trees are down, the ground is cleared, and the cut has become a track. The axe is left behind.

Working answer for where the track goes: a timber haul track toward the Mine Road, because pit props are what the mine needs as Kilnrath tools speed the work, and because it closes a Lamp Road, Mine Road, village loop. The alternative is a spur to the Long Road.

Its exact position on Lamp Road is the level plan's decision. The cutting must be seen from the road on the first pass, not hidden.

Canonical record

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