Object number
73/8
Description
This is a caschrom, a crooked spade, used for turning the ground where a plough cannot work because of stones. This example was found in the Hebrides, Scotland.
Physical description
caschrom: wood
Archival history
MERL Catalogue Form (temporary) – ‘Caschrom // Cultivating // Place found- Hebrides // Donor- C. Tyler, Armour Road, Tilehurtst, Reading // Description: Sole or ‘share’ is long rectangular piece of wood, narrowing towards the end. This is nailed to a thick, beam of wood which has it flat base along the upper surface of the sole and rises at the back to support the base of the handle shaft at an angle of approx. 60 degrees to the sole. On one side it holds the broken off remains of a round section foot bar. The remains of the handle shaft (sawn off) is attached on top of this piece of wood from the point where it begins to slope back, and it’s held by two bands of iron (the lower broken) at the base and at the top.’
Production place
Hebrides
Object name
Material
Associated subject
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_11276.tif - High resolution image
