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These two iron ingots were found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. They would have been fashioned by army blacksmiths into a range of weapons and utilitarian objects. The ingots date from between 80 and 100 AD.

Iron ingot from Newstead

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. These ingots are shaped in simple bar shapes for ease of transport. Some were obtained from other areas in Britain.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-075-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 325
• Date: Between 80 and 100 AD
  
• Material: Iron
  Iron
  Ingot
  Ingot
  
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• What: Ingot
  Ingot
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Iron ingots from Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 288, Pl. LXV, 9. 
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