Anvil

This small iron anvil was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was used in a blacksmith's smiddy sometime between 80 and 100 AD.

The end of the small anvil, now broken, would have slotted into a wooden block. This type of anvil could have been used for pointing nails.

Iron was widely used by the Romans for tools, weapons and fittings. Blacksmiths made a wide range of objects, working with tools not that different from those in use today.

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Online ID:	000-180-001-414-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0504: National Museums Scotland Part 2 Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FRA 3109
Date:	Between 80 and 100 AD
Material:	Mortaria
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What:	Pottery / sherd
Subject:	Pottery
Who:	J. Curle (Excavator)
Where:	Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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Description:	Pottery / sherd
References:	Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 286, Pl. LXIII, 10.
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