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The ard, ard plough, [1] or scratch plough [2] 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 does not invert the soil.
A plough or plow (both pronounced / p l aʊ /) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. [1] Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden, iron or steel frame with a blade attached to cut and loosen the soil.
Ard or plough-marks on a boulder in a clearance cairn Ard-marks on a boulder in a clearance cairn at Eglinton Country Park A clearance cairn formed using mechanised extraction A recent clearance cairn devoid of lichen and moss growth. Cairns may be discrete, in large groups (cairnfields) or as linear formations—linear cairns.
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The primitive ard plough used in Gaelic Ireland only scratched the surface of the soil, so cross-ploughing was necessary to break up the earth better. This favoured square fields, so groups of square-shaped fields are likely to have been laid out in the pre-Norman period. [8] [9] The Normans brought the heavy plough to
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