Object number
62/301
Description
The cross stave is the part of a wheeled plough used to regulate the depth of the furrow. Nothing is known of its origins.
The cross stave is the part of a wheeled plough used to regulate the depth of the furrow. It is unclear from what device this cross stave originates - it may have been used on a beam drill. Nothing is known of its origins.
Physical description
1 cross stave
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'CROSS STAVE // Came with 59/12. See also 61/1 // Note that there is some doubt about the classification of this item and the other cross stave (61/1) from the Science Museum. It may in fact have been used on a beam drill. B.L.'
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