1559–60 in G. S. Pryde (1937) 32 The pete landis of Gawblair.
1838 H. Colman (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 74 In Rowley the yield of peat land is rated at [$25 per acre].
1994 June 12/1 The common grazings include a variety of peatlands with heather, crags, burns, shrubs and trees.