Oil Lamp, Cadder, Antonine Wall3D ModelNoAI
A clay oil lamp found in association with the bathhouse at Cadder fort, outside the east wall. It is 5cm long by 2cm high. Oil would have been poured into the central hole and a wick placed into the side one, where traces of burning can still be seen. The lamps were placed in niches in the bathhouse walls for light, but would also have been used elsewhere across the Roman fort.
The Antonine Wall stretched right across Scotland, from the Clyde to the Forth. Constructed around 142 AD, and occupied for only 20 years, the remains of its ramparts, steep ditches, forts and bathhouses are still visible today. Since 2008, it has been part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
More information on the World Heritage Site is available on www.antoninewall.org
Reference: F.1933.72
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