Ard (plough)
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The ard, ard plough, or scratch plough is a simple light plough without a mouldboard. It is symmetrical on either side of its line of draft and is fitted with a symmetrical share that traces a shallow
Single-handled bow ard: (1) yoke, (2) draft-pole, (3) draft-beam, (4) stilt, (5) share
Score marks (ard marks) from a rip ard on a boulder in a clearance cairn.
Church of Santa María la Real de Nieva, Segovia province, Spain.
Egyptian ard, heb, with braces, c. 1300 BC.
Plough
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A plough or plow is a farm tool for loosening or turning soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may
Ard (plough)
…The ard, ard plough, or scratch plough is a simple light plough without a mouldboard. It is symmetrical on either side of its line of draft and is fitted with a symmetrical share that traces a shallow furrow but…
Traditional ploughing: a farmer works the land with horses and plough
Water buffalo used for ploughing in Laos
13th century depiction of a ploughing