رقم الكائن
73/8
الوصف
This is a caschrom, a crooked spade, used for turning the ground where a plough cannot work because of stones. This example was found in the Hebrides, Scotland.
الوصف المادي
caschrom: wood
تاريخ أرشيفي
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Caschrom // Cultivating // Place found- Hebrides // Donor- C. Tyler, Armour Road, Tilehurtst, Reading // Description: Sole or ‘share’ is long rectangular piece of wood, narrowing towards the end. This is nailed to a thick, beam of wood which has it flat base along the upper surface of the sole and rises at the back to support the base of the handle shaft at an angle of approx. 60 degrees to the sole. On one side it holds the broken off remains of a round section foot bar. The remains of the handle shaft (sawn off) is attached on top of this piece of wood from the point where it begins to slope back, and it’s held by two bands of iron (the lower broken) at the base and at the top.’
مكان الإنتاج
Hebrides
اسم الكائن
مادة
وثيقة خارجية
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