Column / impost

Description

Column impost of red sandstone, roughly finished, with a relief carving of a boar, from the Roman site at Newstead (Trimontium), Roxburghshire, 80 - 180 AD

Museum reference

X.FRA 1604

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Column / impost

Style / Culture

Romano-British

Materials

Sandstone, red

Physical description

Sandstone, red; roughly chamfered; diamond dressing; lewis hole in top of block; relief carving of a boar

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record