From Milton Loch, Crocketford, Kirkcudbrightshire

Bow Ard (Part)

An ard is a light plough which can break up the earth, but not turn it over. This picture shows a wooden stilt and ard head for a bow ard found in Milton Loch at Crocketford in Kirkcudbrightshire. It was used sometime between 770 and 200 BC.

The stilt is roughly rectangular in cross-section. The arrow-shaped ard head has a V-shaped groove cut in the upper surface along the axis.

Early ploughing was generally done with an ard pulled by draught animals. In a bow ard, the stilt and share (the part used to break up the soil), attached though a hole in the base of the beam (the part which connected the ard to the animals).

Record details

To search on related items, click any linked text below.

Online ID:	000-100-043-291-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.HT 178
Date:	Between 770 and 200 BC
Material:	Oak; stilt, roughly rectangular in section; plough head is arrow shaped; with a V cross-section groove cut deep in upper surface along the axis
Dimensions:	50.30" L; plough head 11.70" x 5.30"; groove 1.30" W, 0.80" deep
What:	Stilt / ard head
Subject:
Who:	Mrs C.M. Piggott, F.S.A.Scot. (Excavator)
Where:	Scotland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Crocketford, Milton Loch
Event:
Description:	Oak stilt and ard head from Milton Loch, Crocketford, Kirkcudbrightshire
References:
Translations:
Related Records: