Scythe

Description

Iron scythe or turf cutter from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st or 2nd century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 291

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Scythe, Turf cutter

Date

Late 1st - 2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Iron

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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