Back to photostream

Roman leather tent fragment and wooden tent pegs from Bar Hill

The tent fragment was found in a trash pit or ditch in the Roman fort at Bar Hill, Scotland (see Bar Hill on Pleiades and Roman-Empire dot net). The tent pegs were found at the site of a temporary camp south of Bar Hill.

Dated generally to the Antonine period, ca. 142-180 CE.

 

More info from the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Collections, GLAHM F.1936.148 and F.1985.284/1.

On display at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Scotland

2,098 views
3 faves
0 comments
Uploaded on April 20, 2016
Taken on March 31, 2016