Object / iron

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Object / iron

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 450

Description

Object of iron, with a cylinder at one end, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

Unknown use

Context

Iron was widely used by the Romans for tools, weapons and fittings. Blacksmiths made a wide range of objects, working with tools not that different from those in use today. The ironwork at Newstead is particularly well preserved.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Iron Objects

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 450

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums of Scotland

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Category

Category 10: Unclassifiable Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

archaeological objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

III 15-251

Material

Iron

Color

Gray

Web Links and URLs

National Museums Scotland web link to artefact, Canmore web link to Newstead (Trimontium)

Provenance

Provenance Detail

1905 - 1911 Excavations

Acquisition Method

Found

Notes

James Curle