Forge rake

Description

Forge rake of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 322

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Forge rake

Date

Late 1st - 2nd century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Iron; consisting of a shank with socket at one end and a plate projecting at right angles at the other

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
level -1 »
scotland galleries »
early people »
melting rocks, forging metal »
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