Lochmaben Ard
Former curator of Dumfries Museum A E Truckell with the
Lochmaben Ard beam, an Iron Age plough found in the 1870's while
draining in Whitereed Moss, Elschieshiels, near Lochmaben, a
"Dostrup Spade-ard", the only Iron Age plough dating to about 100
AD so far found in Great Britain.
An ard beam 8 ft 1 1/2 ins long, found in Whitereed Moss
[name: NY 076 840], Lochmaben in 1870 is in Dumfries Museum. The
rear end, 5 ins by 3 1/4 ins in section, has a mortise at the lower
end through which would have gone a wooden share and fore share,
and a plough head and stilt. A radio-carbon date of 80 bc +- 100
has been obtained from it.
This object is currently on display in Dumfries Museum.
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