Cas chrom

Description

Cas chrom or foot plough, the shaft heel and sole bound to nest by three iron bands, it is tipped with a new blade and the shaft lies back at approximately 25 degrees from the vertical, there are remains of a wooden foot peg in hell on right side

Museum reference

W.PA 36

Object name

Cas chrom, Foot plough

Materials

Iron, Wood

Physical description

Wood, iron

Associations

Benbecula, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

On display

national museum of rural life »
level 2 »
tools gallery