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Thursday, October 13, 2016
Medieval Wooden Plow
Found in an Irish peat bog, radiocarbon dated to 1050-1230 CE. I have always been fascinated by the way traditional woodworkers chose lumber that already had much of the shape they wanted, relying on the tree to do some of the work for them.
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