Peg

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Peg

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 483

Description

Peg from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

The flat peg tapers to a point at one end and curls around at the other. The hub lining is hammered into a round shape with the ends overlapping. The two are not functionally related, but have corroded together in the pit.

Context

The Roman army needed blacksmiths to make iron tyres, fittings, and nails, as well as to repair weapons. Often all that is left of the vehicles are metal fittings, bindings and occasionally the tyres.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 483

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Wheel

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Mechanical Devices

Nomenclature Class

Mechanical T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Getty AAT

Concept

pegs (fasteners)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.227

Material

Iron

Color

Brown, Black

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

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Person

James Curle

Notes

"Roman Frontier Post and Its People" page 288, Plate LXV, 6.