Which tool is used for prying?

A shovel can be used to pry too.

I am under the impression that that the tool used for prying is ………..a pry bar . Or in the U.K. a crowbar.

Christopher Richardson, yes, I have had to dig holes in rocky ground. very useful.

I use these tools all the time at work, if you can't put a shovel through it a pick or mattock normally does the job