Agriculture / Anglo-Saxons
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- Anglo-Saxon
farming was widespread throughout Britain, and almost everybody worked on a
farm.
-Most
Anglo-Saxon farms and villages were built close to a source of fresh
water. They were usually surrounded by a high wooden fence designed to
keep the farm animals safe from attacks by wolves and bears.
-They used lots of
different wooden tools, like hoes, rakes, spades, billhooks and forks.
· - Early Anglo-Saxon
farmers used a primitive type of plough. It dug furrows using a metal blade
pulled by up to 8 oxen.
- - Anglo Saxon
cultivated a number of crops. The chief crops were wheat, rye and barley for
grains, oats to feed the animals, and peas and beans which were often consumed
together with the grains. Commonly consumed vegetables such as carrots, onions
and leeks were also grown often. Blackberries, apples and
raspberries were the most common fruits of the time.
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