Object number
53/584
Description
This six-pronged dung fork was used in the Zennor district of Western Cornwall. Forks of this type are either used in the cowsheds and stables for cleaning out, or else in the fields for spreading the dung. Both on Cornish and Welsh farms these multi-pronged forks were very common.
Physical description
1 fork: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘[description – not always present] Locally known as 'EVAL'. Came from a farm near Zennor. // [pencil sketch] // These dung forks are very common also in value! - only kind ever used in the stables then.'
Production date
1953
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_258.tif - High resolution image
