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This mattock or 'thistle spud' for bruising thistles in the fields before they formed seeds. Used on a farm at Zennor, in Cornwall.
This mattock, also called a 'thistle spud' consists of a flat blade for bruising thistles in the fields before they formed seeds. It was used on a farm at Zennor, in Cornwall.

1 mattock: metal [iron]; poor condition: uneven edges