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Cas chrom Cas chrom

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

Ristle plough Ristle plough

Rustal or ristle plough, comprising a wooden beam tipped at the front with a metal band for attachment to a single horse, a single stilt is secured to the beam by an iron band and wooden cross-tie and an iron coulter like blade drops downwards and is secured by wooden wedges

Pot hook, swee Pot hook, swee

Iron pot hook for a swee, from Ardmair

Dirk / blade Dirk / blade

Corroded iron blade from a dirk or dagger, from a crannog in Eadarloch, Loch Treig, Inverness-shire

Battle-axehead Battle-axehead

Battle-axehead of iron, found at Tillychin, Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, 14th century

Bell Bell

Quadrangular iron bell from Knowe of Saverough, Birsay, Orkney

Bell Bell

Quadrangular iron bell from Kingoldrum, Angus, 650 - 900 AD

Bell Bell

Small quadrangular iron bell, from Kilmichael-Glassary, Argyllshire, late 12th century

Bell Bell

Quadrangular iron bell, from Perthshire, 700 - 900 AD

Bell Bell

Guthrie bell and bell shrine, bearing representations of God and the Crucifixion and an inscription in Latin, from Guthrie Castle, Forfarshire, 12th century

Bell Bell

Iron bell, coated with bronze, found at Minchmoor, near Traquair, Peeblesshire, 650 - 900

Dirk Dirk

Highland dirk with a broadbacked blade and a wooden hilt, second half of the 17th century

Dirk Dirk

Highland dirk with a brass-mounted handle, 18th century

Dagger Dagger

Iron dagger with a handle of bone and brass, and a broken blade, from Cromdale

Dagger Dagger

Iron dagger with a heather root hilt, from Millrig Moss, Lanarkshire, about 1880

Dirk Dirk

Highland dirk with a wooden hilt, late 17th century

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