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Excavation photograph showing view of base stone of cistern, found at Newstead Roman fort.
J 12296 PO
Description Excavation photograph showing view of base stone of cistern, found at Newstead Roman fort.
Date 20/10/1906
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number J 12296 PO
Category Print Room
Copies DP 354992
Scope and Content Black and white photograph, annotated on reverse: 'Newstead - Base stone of Cistern 20th Oct 1906'. This is probably the stone described in Curle "A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead in the parish of Melrose', on page 60 (but not illustrated): "At the south-east corner of the courtyard, close to one of the entrances from the corridor, lay a large slab of yellow sandstone, six and a half feet by three and a half feet. It had grooves roughly cut in it, and might have formed the base of a cistern. In the wall beside it was an opening for a drain......."
Accession Number 1975/12
External Reference SAS 289
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1583514
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