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Iron Age / Roman stone spindle whorl

Spindle whorl made from igneous pebble 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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Iron Age / Roman stone spindle whorl
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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

57.137/2

Find Information

Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch

Grid Reference: SH 968 757
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1957 / Mar

Notes: from the excavation at the northern end of Dinorben hill-fort

Measurements

weight / g:54.9
diameter / mm:52.3
thickness / mm:14.0
perforation / mm:6.7

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