Tagging traditional granaries

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I am new here sorry if this is not the place. I am surprised there is no granary tag. I am trying to tag a traditional granary in Asturies, a hórreo. What should I tag it? Farm building seems closest yet incorrect as many of these are not on farms and their general purpose is for drying and storing grains but many of them now are kept as examples of traditional architecture. I am surprised there is no granary tag, it would be helpful for traditional granaries across the world!

Granary - English
Hórreo - English
Hórreo - Spanish

Many thanks!

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Hello & welcome! :waving_hand:

They’ve never been documented but there has little bit of use of them as apparently building=yes + granary=*

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There is Tag:building=granary - OpenStreetMap Wiki but I don’t know if this would cover the kind of building you have in mind

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Thank you! This is interesting!

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Thank you, this is what I’m looking for, I’m not sure why it was not showing up!

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This image shows cobs of maize: File:Hórreo da reitoral de Bealo, Boiro.jpg - Wikimedia Commons lying loosely.

However, from reading the wiki Hórreo - Wikipedia it seems that hórreo-type buildings long pre-date the availability of maize.

So, with other crops, how are they stored? Loose / bulk, in sacks / bags or other containers?

I’ve never seen a hórreo before. In Ireland, silos (steel or concrete) are predominant as modern structures, although bunker silos are also used for animal feed. In the 17th-19th centuries, I get the impression that grain was often stored in sacks in warehouses / granaries. Before that, stone kilns were used to dry the grain, but I don’t know how it was stored.

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In southern England we have variations on this:

The old grain house in Wasing Park has a paneled brick design and was constructed on stone plinths known as staddle stones. The purpose of these stones, shaped like mushrooms, is to prevent rats and mice from reaching the stored grain. The building...

The capped pillars at the base are staddle stones, designed to stop rats when they try to climb up to the grain.

I’ve never seen any even half as tall as the stones in the Wikipedia hórreo page. Can only conclude Asturies has some very athletic rats!

@xanzaina there is also the tag historic=* Possibly historic=granary would be appropriate here, or use both building= and historic=

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:slightly_smiling_face: Snow depth?

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It fits at least historic=building building=granary

We also have historic=granary which can also be combined with building=granary

material= etc tags can be also used

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I’m up for coining building:part=staddle_stone

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There has been some previous discussion on mapping of these structures in Spain and Portugal. It includes a link to a relevant wiki page. Maybe you have already seen it but I will leave the link here as nobody seems to have mentioned it.

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In Asturias today, modern silos are used as well. Maize is one of the main things stored and is overwhelmingly what is dried and stored in a hórreo today (though some people do not use them at all, just have them or just store junk in them) but they have also been used for all types of grain like wheat or spelt and also they have been used for drying and storing nuts, beans, potatoes, meats, and cheeses.

They can store them in baskets, loose, in boxes, and in many ways.

Here is a video showing a hórreo used in a more modern way: https://youtube.com/shorts/E46llNGB2d4

And here is one showing a more traditional way with maize: https://youtu.be/hIDUzMsX_Z8

The image you linked of the stone granary is a Galician hórreo. I don’t know much about them, I assume they are used somewhat similarly.

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Thank you this is extremely helpful, especially the wiki page!