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Iron Age / Roman stone spindle whorl
Spindle whorl made from igneous stone with hourglass perforation.
Stone spindle whorl from Dinorben Hillfort, north-west Wales. 300 BCE-400 CE. The same technology was used to spin wool for thousands of years.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
58.535/1951
Find Information
Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch
Grid Reference: SH 968 757
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1912-1922
Acquisition
Bequest, 22/11/1958
Measurements
weight / g:17.3
diameter / mm:31.7
thickness / mm:10.6
perforation / mm:6.6
Material
mudstone
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Spinning
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