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Above Ground Hatch Cellar

Square wooden brace in a grassy field with long grass inside the covering the inside of the brace.

Photographed by Terra Barrett and Andrea O’Brien, October 2021.

Above ground hatch root cellar in Change Islands, Newfoundland.

The design of these cellars can vary with the design of the shed structure above it. In this case, there is no shed structure on top, instead, it is a freestanding structure supported with a wooden brace with sod on top where the hatch door is located.