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Early Medieval bone spindle whorl
Spindle whorl made from the head of a femur. The type goes back into the pre-oman Iron Age.
NMB. This object is dome shaped with a flat cut bottom and a flat cut top. Although it has a central (drilled?) hole the outer circumferance is not truely round- this may make use as a spindle whorl unlikely. Perhaps a large counter or bead is more likely?
Bone spindle whorl from Dinas Powys hillfort, south Wales. 450-700 CE. The same technology was used to spin wool for thousands of years.
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Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Notes: Cut VI west, Layer 1. Context C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
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