Exhibition label text: Shovel, 19th century. Found in old workings at Carberry Colliery, Midlothian, at a depth of 130 feet.
Part of a red-brown wooden shovel which appears to have been varnished. The surviving head is spoon-shaped with a damaged,1 jagged cutting edge and a missing square shaped piece, approximately half way down the inner edge. There is no gripping handle. 80.5 cm long x 12.0 cm wide.