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Iron Age / Roman stone spindle whorl
Unfinished spindle whorl made from a fine-grained sandstone pebble. The perforation was started from both sides but never finished. There is also slight facetting at the blackened end of the pebble suggesting possible use as a rubber.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
67.514/7.377
Find Information
Site Name: Coygan Camp, Laugharne
Collection Method: Excavation
Date: 1965
Notes: Excavated by the above on behalf of the Ministry of Public Building and Works. Phase 5. Site B, trench BXXXII, context 2.
Acquisition
donation, 15/11/1967
Measurements
Weight
(g): 64.9
Length
(mm): 52
Width
(mm): 43
thickness
(mm): 22
Material
Sandstone
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