Scutching clove
John Boyle
Category
Agricultural and horticultural equipment
Date
1998
Materials
Oak
Measurements
850 x 1120 x 710 mm
Place of origin
Springhill
Order this imageCollection
Wellbrook Beetling Mill, County Tyrone
NT 283304
Summary
An oak scutching clove used to strip away the bark from the centre core of the flax plant fibres. Made by John Boyle, estate joiner at Springhill, c.1998, as part of the interpretation of Wellbrook Beetling Mill and the history of linen manufacture.
Makers and roles
John Boyle, joiner