Wheel, rota bitata

Description

Rota bitata cart or chariot wheel of wood and iron, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium)

Museum reference

X.FRA 476

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Wheel, rota bitata

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Elm, Willow, Ash, Iron

Physical description

Wood, elm hub, willow spokes, ash felloe; bound with iron tyre

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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