Name/TitlePeat spade

About this objectThe spade was used for cutting peat or ditch banks, by the donor's father at their farm in Chilton in the early twentieth century. The donor also said that it was used for digging out a horse or other animal from the marsh. Mr Michael Delanoy from the Farmland Museum in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, comments that this type of spade was normally used for cutting banks or ditches in East Anglia rather that for cutting peat.

Period20th century

Medium and MaterialsSteel blade.
Ash handle.

Inscription and MarksMAC is stamped on the shaft

MeasurementsTotal length: 3 feet 11 inches (1180mm)
Blade: 1 foot 2 inches x 11 inches at 1 inch from point then indented to 6 1/4 inches rising to an angle in another 1 1/4 inches,
width to this point : 6 inches
Strap on shaft: 11 1/2 inches
T- handle: 5 inches

Object numberSTMEA:A.3248

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)