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Oxgangs Mains, ploughing in November
Unknown, 1932, Photograph
Oxgangs Mains, ploughing in November
Oxgangs Mains, ploughing in November
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12640
Title
Oxgangs Mains, ploughing in November near the Pentland Hills
Description
Two sets of horses (Clydesdales) plough the fields at Oxgangs Mains Farm, Edinburgh. A man can be seen behind the first set of horses holding a hand plough. Flocks of birds follow behind the horses picking worms from the furrows. At the back of the field stands a row of conical haystacks and a bank of trees lines the brow of the hill.
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Unknown
Date
1932
Size
24.5 x 29.6 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
"Twae pair o horse" (Clydesdales) ploughing. The swing ploughs might be made by Ransomes of Ipswich, with their wheels setting the depth of the beam and thus the angle of cut running in the fur or furrow. The stacks in the background are probably wheat, the typical large hansom grain stacks of Mid and East Lothian.
Oxgangs is a residential area situated in the south of Edinburgh, a short distance north of the Edinburgh bypass. Prior to mid 20th century housing developments the area was principally agricultural.
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