Summary

Ingot of iron, partly worked, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 308

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Staple mandrel. "Rom. Fron. Post," p. 286. Pl. LXIII, 9. [MoS description] Melting rock, forging metal. Iron and steel. The Roman smiddy. (15) Partly worked ingots, Newstead and Birrens. 80 - 180 AD.

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