Summary

Hoe of iron, blade and pick much worn with part of the blade missing, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 295

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Remains of a hoe, 8" long, the blade and pick both much worn. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set. [Scran caption] This iron hoe was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used between 80 and 180 AD. The broad blade of the hoe was used for digging and the narrower end as a pick. Some of the blade is missing, but otherwise it is complete, although much worn.

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