Trimming hook

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A trimming hook, also known as a billhook, is a tool with a hooked blade for pruning and chopping. This iron example was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

A wooden handle was inserted into the long socket.

Tools such as pruning hooks and trimming hooks were used in Roman Scotland to collect fodder for animals.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-950-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 284
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Iron; socketed
  Billhook
  
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• What: Billhook
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Iron billhook from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 284, Pl. LXI, 10 
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