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Bark spade used at Boxford and Welford

Accession Number:

NEBYM:1928.45

Metal head of a tool called a bark spade.  Tools like this had other names including tree peelers and de-barking tools.  This tool was used to remove the bark from newly felled trees before the wood had a chance to dry and the bark became hard.

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