Object / iron

Object/Artifact

Trimontium Museum

Image © National Museums Scotland

Name/Title

Object / iron

Entry/Object ID

X.FRA 375

Description

Flat L-shaped object of iron with five nail holes in the longer arm, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Use

The short leg of the piece would have rested on the ground, with a similar leg, now missing, on the other side. A similar piece would have been parallel to this one, with metal cross pieces fastening through the nail holes.

Context

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

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA 375

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 15-298

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