Name/TitleWooden plough

About this objectA wooden plough probably used on light or marshy land, which is common with ploughs with wooden breasts. The handle rose from the rear of the body in a curve, and was not a continuation of the body as in the ordinary swing ploughs.

There is a plough of a rather similar form, but with a heavy wooden wheel, in the Netherlands open-air museum at Arnhem.

Date MadeCirca 18th/early 19th century

Medium and MaterialsAsh
Mould-board (breast): wood
Bracket for the share: iron
Share: iron

MeasurementsBody: 6 feet 10 inches
T-piece: 1 foot 4 inches (with 8 x 3 peg holes)
Hake: 1 foot 8 inches x 10 inches deep with 4 teeth
Breast: (wooden) 3 feet x 1 foot 2 inches tapering to 7 inches
Share: 1 foot 4 inches
Foot: 2 feet long plus 5 1/2 inches blade at right angles

Object Typeplough

Object numberSTMEA:A.2668

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)