{"id":6665,"date":"2023-01-16T14:13:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/?post_type=project&#038;p=6665"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:27:37","slug":"clay-spade","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/gd\/project\/clay-spade","title":{"rendered":"Clay Spade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc60b&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;21px||2px|||&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;150px||150px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;80px||80px||true|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;26px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||27px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;2.3em&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.2em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2px||3px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-size: xx-large;\"><text class=\"_textbox_1gl8y_17\" direction=\"ltr\" height=\"7.5072021484375\" lengthadjust=\"spacingAndGlyphs\" textlength=\"59.9030456542969\" x=\"160.067352294922\" y=\"-498.459991455078\" data-test=\"textbox\">Clay Spade<\/text><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-family: Comfortaa;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><b>Taigh-tasgaidh Dualchas Ghleann Comhann<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;EB Garamond||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;38px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;0.5em&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-17px|30px|||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Comfortaa,Varela Round,ABeeZee,Comforter Brush,Comforter&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">This spade was used for digging clay \u2013 possibly to make drainage ditches. Digging the land is hard work, especially when the land is made of compacted, wet clay!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">The sharp point of the spade would have been useful for piercing into the ground. The gaps in the spade would have stopped the clay from getting stuck to the centre of the blade.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Comfortaa; font-weight: normal; font-size: large;\">Drainage ditches would prevent the field from becoming waterlogged.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][dipl_image_magnifier image=&#8221;https:\/\/museumofthehighlands.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/3273_01-1-scaled.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|20px|20px|20px|20px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dipl_image_magnifier][dipl_text_animator animated_text=&#8221;Roll Over The Image To Zoom In&#8221; animation_time=&#8221;2180ms&#8221; 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