NMS Archaeology Object 135791: X.FRA 226 - Pickaxe, pioneer's Dolabra


Description

Summary


Pioneer's pickaxe or dolabra of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead


Accession Number


X.FRA 226


Other references

Not recordedI 15-127

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Pioneer's axe (dolabra). "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 278, Pl. LVII, 2.

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

Image of Pioneer
Image of Pioneer's pickaxe or dolabra of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead © National Museums Scotland

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