Add to albumThis ceramic pot with a lid was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used sometime between 80 and 100 AD, perhaps for storage.
Lidded pot of fine pale buff ware from Newstead
Roman forts in Scotland were supplied with everyday pottery from kilns situated all over Britain. Some pottery was made locally, near the fort, but much was imported.
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- Online ID: 000-000-136-605-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
Early Scottish Shelter - Life in the Prehistoric Home (multimedia essay)
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.FRA 1377
- Date: Between 80 and 100 AD
- Material: Ceramic, pale buff, fine
Pot
- Dimensions: 5.13" H; mouth 3.25" D
- What: Pot
- Subject:
- Who: Newstead Collection
- Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
- Event:
- Description:
- References:
- Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 249, Pl L(A), 4.
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