Roman

carbonised grain,

Period:

Roman Period

Description:

Bottle of carbonised Grain, probably barley. Obtained by Donor when she visited the Birrens excavation with her Father in 1895. From the Granaries of Birrrens Roman Fort.

Source:

Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura

Accession number:

DUMFM:1967.546

Digital Number:

RPD0190

RCAHMS site record:

Birrens Roman Fort

References:

CHRISTISON et al "Account of the Excavation of Birrens, A Roman Station in Annandale, undertaken by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1895". PSAS, Third Series, Volume 6, 1896, pp 81 = 199.