Summary

Fitting of iron, a narrow pointed plate with three nail holes and a projecting circular rod, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire

Accession Number

X.FRA 458

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Narrow, pointed plate of iron, with three nail holes in it, + about 1 1/2" of a circular rod projecting from one end. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set. [Scran caption] This iron fitting of unknown function was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It dates from between 80 and 180 AD. The fitting is made of a narrow, pointed plate of iron, with three nail holes in it. A circular rod projects from one end. Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Iron. Dimensions: Length of circular rod at end: around 38 mm

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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