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This large iron ring was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 140 and 180 AD.

The heavy, penannular iron ring could have been used for a number of purposes. One suggestion is that it may have been a lining for the pivot hole of a heavy door. It is broken at one end and cracked in places.

Iron was widely used by the Romans for tools, weapons and fittings. Iron could not be melted and cast in the furnaces available to the Romans. Instead it was worked by heating it and hammering it into shape.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-418-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 3589
• Date: Between 140 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Samian
  Pottery / sherd, rim
  
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• What: Pottery / sherd, rim
  
• Subject: Pottery
  
• Who: J. Curle (Excavator)
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
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• Description: Pottery / sherd, rim
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 288, Pl. LXV, 8. 
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