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Interior. Iron malt plough. Digital image of A 33443
SC 738419
Description Interior. Iron malt plough. Digital image of A 33443
Date 1984
Catalogue Number SC 738419
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 33443
Scope and Content Malt-plough, Glenkinchie Distillery, Pencaitland, East Lothian Glenkinchie Distillery was established in 1837 by brothers John and George Rate, who went bankrupt in 1853 leading to the closure of the site and its reuse as a cowshed. In 1880 the Glen Kinchie Distillery Company rebuilt the premises, and production began once more. The floor maltings were last used in 1968, and now house a museum of malting. The distillery continues to produce whisky for Haig's blends. This shows a three-pronged iron malt plough fixed to a wooden handle. The maltster would drag this through the germinating barley on the floor of the maltings to turn and aerate it ensuring even germination. Maltsters wear special canvas shoes to prevent damage to the barley when completing this task. Turning malt by hand with ploughs and shovels called 'sheils' was hard work, often resulting a repetitive strain injury known as 'monkey shoulder'. Saladin boxes (invented in 19th-century France) with motorised malt-turners, and more modern drum maltings and combined germinating and drying kilns have now replaced most traditional floor maltings. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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