Summary

Adze of iron, double-bladed and mounted on modern handle, found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 233

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Small pick. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl. LVIII, 5. [MoS description] Shaping stone. Roman stonemasons. (4) Double-bladed adze, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD. [Scran caption - X.FRA 233-4] This iron adze and pick, both mounted on modern handles, ... were found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. They were used between 80 and 180 AD, possibly in stoneworking. These tools differ little from modern examples. Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Iron; Stone. Dimensions: Length of adze: 33.0 cm.

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