Summary

Shield midrib of iron, probably, with two curved arms at the ends of which are the remains of nail holes, from the Roman site at Newstead

Accession Number

X.FRA 157

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Object of iron, probably the end of a midrib of a shield, with two curved arms at the ends of which are the remains of nail holes. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Newstead Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

1905

Method (e.g. excavation)

Excavated

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1915

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

None