N° d'objet
65/310
Description
This a plough hammer, a double-headed tool with a hammer on one end and a wrench on the other. It would have been used for undoing the nuts on the coulter and share of a plough, and would have been carried on the plough beam.
Description physique
1 hammer: wood, metal
Historique d'archive
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card - ‘Hammer, Plough // CULTIVATING, ploughing // D. Batchelor, Knenhall Farm, Moddershall, Stoke, Staffordshire // Decription: Head is roughly round in cross- section at one end, other end narrows to thick blade. Handle; round cross section, narrows and curves towards the tip.’, MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ form - ‘HAMMER // Cultivating- Ploughing // 65/310 // D. Batchelor, Knenhall Farm, Moddershall, Stoke, Staffordshire. // Found by Mr. Batchelor while ploughing a field that had not been ploughed within living memory [pencil drawing].’
Nom d'objet
Matériel
Document électronique
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6380.tif - High resolution image