Pruning hook

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This iron pruning hook was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was probably used to collect fodder for animals sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

The hook has a socket where the wooden handle would have been inserted.

Various agricultural implements, including scythes, sickles, rakes and hoes were found at the Roman fort of Newstead, suggesting that some cultivation occurred near the site.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-949-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 283
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Iron; socketed
  Hook, pruning
  
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• What: Hook, pruning
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Iron pruning hook from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 284, Pl. LXI, 8. 
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