Object number
63/610/1-4
Title
Donneruplund ard,
Creator
Description
This is a replica of an Iron Age ard found in the peat bogs of Donneruplund, Vejle County, Denmark, in 1944. An ard differs from a plough in that it does not have a mouldboard for turning over the furrows. This ard consists of four parts – a beam, stilt, ploughshare and fore-share. The replica was made at the Museum of English Rural Life in Reading in 1957 for experimental purposes. There appear to be two specimens.
Physical description
1 replica ard: wood
Archival history
MERL ‘History Artefacts’ card – ‘Description: All wooden model consisting of main beam curving forwards, through which are slotted the share and the other shaft, which curves upwards to the back. The shaft of the share, and a cross piece to form a handle, are bound to this last beam with thick string. // Two specimens.’
Production place
Whiteknights Park [Reading]
Production date
1957 - 1957
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