Gouge

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This iron gouge was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used by a carpenter at the fort sometime between 80 and 100 AD.

The gouge has a socket which would have fitted into a wooden handle. The cutting edge is unusually flat.

The Romans valued wood highly. They had specialist carpenters, with their own workshops equipped with a wide variety of highly specialised tools. New forts required wooden gates and houses, internal fittings, containers and utensils.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-915-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 245
• Date: Between 80 and 100 AD
  
• Material: Iron; socketed
  
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• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• Description: Socketed iron gouge from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 280, Pl. LIX, 3. 
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