Oar, steering

Description

Wooden steering oar, with a hole in the shaft for the tiller and one in the base probably for a cord, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), late 1st century AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1131

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Oar, steering

Date

Late 1st century

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Oak

Physical description

Wood

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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