NMS Archaeology Object 135799: X.FRA 234 - Pick-adze
Description
Summary
Pick-adze of iron, mounted on modern handle, found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD
Accession Number
X.FRA 234
Other references
Not recorded | I 15-140 |
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Original description
NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Small pick. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl. LVIII, 12. [MoS description] Shaping stone. Roman stonemasons. (2) Pick-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.
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
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 55620 | NEWSTEAD - MELROSE - FORT ANNEXE(S) (ROMAN), ROMAN FORT (ROMAN), TEMPORARY CAMP(S) (ROMAN) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.FRA 234 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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