Summary

Fragment of an iron headstall, from the Roman fort at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Accession Number

X.FRA 494

Other references

Original description

NEWSTEAD COLLECTION. Fragment of an iron headstall, "Rom. Fron. Post," Pl LXX, 7. [Scran caption] A headstall fits over a horse's muzzle to prevent it opening its mouth and resisting the bridle. This iron fragment of a headstall was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. Finds of horseshoes and harness and bridle fittings provide evidence of the importance of horses from an early period. They were used in transport from around 1000 BC (and possibly earlier). Date: Between 80 and 180 AD. Material: Iron. Reference - Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, Pl. LXX, 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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