Amethyst

National Museum of Scotland

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05 Dec 2018

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Amethyst

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Weird Rock

The dark areas are full of iron minerals. Dark and light circles developed as the iron concentration varied while the rock was cooling. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Wylam Dilly Locomotive

This is one of the world's two oldest surviving steam locomotives. Built in 1813 it was used to pull coal along the Wylam Waggonway to the river near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northeast England. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Inscription

This commemorates the building the most eastern part of the Antonine Wall, which cut Scotland in two. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Inscription

Commemorating the building of their headquarters by the 6th Cohort of Nervians: [IMP CA]ESARI TITO [AELIO] HADRIANO [ANTO]NINO AVG [PIO] PP COH VI [NER]VIORVM PRI [NCI]PIA FECIT In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Altar

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Building Stone

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Roman Soldiers

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

05 Dec 2018

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Statue Leg

From a larger than life Roman statue. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
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