Ploughing, Skye

Ploughing, Skye

ID: QZP99_94032_04_03 DESCRIPTION: A man ploughing with a foot plough or cas-chrom. A cas chrom (crooked foot) was a farming tool that was particularly suitable to certain areas of the Highlands because of the broken and rocky ground. It was a strong piece of wood, about 6ft long, which was bent near to the lower end. It had a flat wooden head and a sharp piece of iron at the cutting edge. A piece of wood protruded from the shaft on the right hand side. This was so that the person using the cas chrom could use the foot to force the blade into the ground. This image comes from a collection gifted to Edinburgh Central Library by Dr Isabel F. Grant. The collection includes photographs taken by a number of different photographers. PLACENAME: unidentified (Skye) DISTRICT: Skye OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS SOURCE: Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh Central Library COLLECTION: I F Grant Photographic Archive Asset ID: 38569 KEYWORDS: