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About this object

  • ID:

    TYT98[1046]<6>

  • Production date:

    Medieval; 12th - 15th century

  • Location:

    In Store

  • This spade is carved from a single piece of ash, with a handle made probably of walnut. The blade is off-set, providing a ledge for the digger's foot. Wooden spades were sometimes fitted with iron edges to reinforce the blade. This one was found in excavations in Southwark in 1998, in a badly drained area between Tooley Street and the river. It might have been used by a labourer digging drainage ditches. In 1356 the stock of an ironmonger, John Leche, in Cornhill, included a spadierne (spade iron) and two augers (drills) together valued at 12 shillings.

  • Measurements

    L 973 mm; W 159 mm (overall)

  • Materials

    wood

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-18

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    molas

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

  • Related place

    Southwark

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