The Dales field barn is unusual in that it is sited well away from the main farm buildings. Found in the fields they were used to store the hay from their surrounding fields over winter. Cattle were housed in a shippon on the lower floor in stalls and fed with this hay. heavy materials such as hay and muck never had to be carried very far from where they were needed. Other types of barns include those built to over-winter young sheep (hoggs) known as hogg houses. They mostly seem to date to the 19th century and were sometimes built on to earlier field barns. They are usually two storey affairs with room for sheep on both floors and hayracks around the walls
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