Linchpin

Object/Artifact

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Trimontium Museum

© National Museums Scotland

© National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Linchpin

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 1021

Description

Iron linchpin with copper alloy head, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), 80 - 180 AD

Use

Used to secure two objects together

Context

Context of the artefact is not known. It may have been associated with a horse's cart.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Linchpins

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 1021

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

III.15.168

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