NMS Archaeology Object 135888: X.FRA 323 - Compasses, carpenter's


Description

Summary


Pair of carpenter's iron compasses, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD


Accession Number


X.FRA 323


Other references

Not recordedII 15-161

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Pair of compasses of iron. "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl. LXXXII, 9.

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

Image of Pair of carpenter
Image of Pair of carpenter's iron compasses, from the Roman site at Newstead, 80 - 100 AD © National Museums Scotland

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