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Description: | Turf spade or flaughter spade with a small crescent-Shaped iron blade on a curved larch-wood shaft which has a forked end (a natural fork) Originally the shaft would have fitted on to a wooden cross-piece, which would have allowed it to be pushed by the chest, as a breast spade, which was worked almost horizontally, the curve of the handle enabling this. Used to remove turf in thin divots for use as fuel or roofing, or to expose the underlying peat.
"In areas where there was little wood, and peat was readily available, turf and peat have long been used as fuel for keeping warm and cooking. Specialized tools and equipment, such as a flauchter spade, were made for removing turf and cutting and carrying peats, and these varied from district to district with the nature of the peat source. This flauchter spade has a small crescent-shaped, iron blade, and is on a curved larch-wood shaft which has a forked end, in this case a natural one. The shaft would have originally fitted on to a wooden cross-piece, which would have allowed it to be pushed by the chest, as a breast spade, which was worked almost horizontally, the curve of the handle enabling this. It was used to remove turf in thin divots for use as fuel or roofing, or to expose the underlying peat. This flauchter comes from Premnay, Aberdeenshire and dates from the 19th century."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Gibb, Robert | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1800-1870 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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