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Early Medieval ceramic loomweight
Two pieces of annular loom-weight. Hand-made, crudely formed. Section sub-rectangular. Fabric soft, orange-pink to dark grey, patchy. Abundant large organic inclusions of unchopped grass stems, burnt out, and occasional large lumps of sandstone and shale up to 10 mm. Unabraded. Estimated D. 10 cm, hole D. 3.5 cm, section 30 x 35 mm. 1988 E (18).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.192H/585
Find Information
Site Name: Longbury Bank, Penally
Grid Reference: SS 1117 9996
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1988
Acquisition
Donation, 21/10/1988
Measurements
weight / g:115.5
diameter / mm:120.0
Material
ceramic
Location
In store
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