“the peat covers the “moors” and is literally hundreds of years old and 3 miters deep”
No
Peat forms at 1 mm per year or less. At 1 mm per year it takes 1000 years to form a single meter. 3 metres depth started to form nearly 1000 years before Jesus was born. It’s a fossil resource in it will never be replaced in human time scales , it takes geologic time to lay down peat. And tens of millions of years to turn peat into coal of even lignite grade.
Peat does smell wonderful and it is critical to making a fine Scotch whiskey. I demand single malt Islay in the 18-15 year range and it needs face melting levels of peat.
Hmmm....guess I need to go back to the Isle of Lewis and talk to that tour guide...