Ingot
©National Museums Scotland. Digitised from a positive on film by The Trimontium Trust.
Name/Title
IngotEntry/Object ID
X.FRA 325.2Description
Iron ingot from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), RoxburghshireUse
Ingots would be used to forge objects or weaponry. "Iron could not be melted and cast in the furnaces available to the Romans. Instead it was worked by heating it and hammering it into shape. These ingots are shaped in simple bar shapes for ease of transport. Some were obtained from other areas in Britain." From NMS ScranContext
Found at Trimontium in Pit LVIIICollection
National Museums ScotlandCategory
Ingot
Acquisition
Accession
X.FRA 325.2Source (if not Accessioned)
National Museums of ScotlandMade/Created
Date made
80 - 180Time Period
1st - 2nd centuryEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
EuropeCulture/Tribe
Romano British, Roman