Summary

Rake head of wood with iron prongs, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 292

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Wooden rake with iron prongs. "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 283, Pl. LXI, 7. Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998. [MoS description] Tilling the soil, tending the beasts. Roman agriculture in Scotland. Collectiong fodder and cleaning up. (6) Rakes, Newstead. 80 - 180 AD. [Scran caption] This wooden rake head with iron prongs was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD. The iron prongs are slightly curved. They fasten to the wooden head by doubling over the lower edge. A wooden handle would have been inserted into the central slot. Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Wood (oak), iron. Dimensions: Length of wooden head: around 38 cm. Reference - Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 283, Pl. LXI, 7.

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

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