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This iron hinge from a wooden chest was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

Many of the nails which fastened the hinge to the chest still survive. They are now bent or broken.

Usually all that survives of Roman furniture are the metal rods or fittings. Complete examples from Herculaneum in Italy, together with some pictures and surviving wooden fragments, show that the Romans used chairs, tables, couches, beds and chests.

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• Online ID: 000-100-037-017-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 441
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Iron; large
  Chest fitting / cupboard fitting
  
• Dimensions:
• What: Chest fitting / cupboard fitting
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Iron fitting for a chest or cupboard, from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, James. A Roman frontier post and its people: the Fort of Newstead in the parish of Melrose. Glasgow: Maclehose & Sons, 1911
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