Linchpin

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Linchpin

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 489

Description

Three iron linchpins from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

The linchpin has a squared off pin, and a loop attached to the broader head. A cord was probably passed through the loop to keep the pin in place.

Context

Materials needed to set up and provision the forts in Scotland were hauled over short and long distances by horses pulling carts and wagons. Usually only the metal fittings and bindings of the carts survive.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 489

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Linchpin

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Component, Vehicle

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Land Transportation Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Land Transportation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

linchpins (pins)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

I.15.401 - 403

Material

Iron

Color

Brown

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 294, Plate LXX, 1.