[Turnip Hoe]

Artist(s): Arthur Young (Draughtsman)

Greyscale ink wash drawing of a turnip hoe, as observed by Young on his arrival at Shane’s Castle, with scale in inches.

Inscribed in Image

Text within boundaries of image – Scale of an Inch to a foot.

Image Details

Genre	Scientific or Technical illustration
Technique	Wash drawings
Subject(s)	Agriculture
Geographical Location	Antrim – County Shane's Castle – Castle Ulster – Province
Keyword(s)	Agricultural equipment, Farming, Ploughs
Colour	Monochrome
Dimensions	15.2 cm x 23 cm
Published / created	1780

Bibliographical Details

Travel Account	A Tour in Ireland [Young; copy with unique drawings]
Contributor(s)	Arthur Young — Role: Author of travel text
Print or manuscript	Print
Location of image in copy	opp. p. 128
Source copy	National Library of Ireland LO 10203
Permalink	https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1369825224
Rights	Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Related text from travel account

From Antrim to Shanes Castle the road runs at the end of Loch Neagh. Commanding a noble view of it; of such an extent that the eye can see no land over it. It appears like a perfect sea, and the shore is broken sand banks, which look so much like it, that one can hardly believe the water to be fresh. Upon my arrival at the Castle, I was most agreeably saluted with four men hoeing the field of turneps round it, as a preparation for grass. These were the first turnep hoers I have seen in Ireland, and I was more please than if I had seen four emperors. [p. 128]