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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
A truncated cone shaped spindle whorl for spinning wool. The upper and lower faces are decorated with radial and concentric scratched incisions. The upper face has a pattern of rings framing the central perforation. The underside has grids forming diamond shapes, among them is a curving line that may have originally intended to frame the central perforation but was abandoned in favour of the the diamond grids. The outer edge is smooth and slightly polished. It is made form a fine-grained sandstone.
This was the only spindle whorl of the 2022 excavations, however four other undecorated spindle whorls were recovered during the 1990s excavations.
Site Name: Porth y Rhaw, Solva
Notes: Excavations undertaken during the summers of 2019, 2021 and 2022 at Porth-y-Rhaw coastal promontory fort, Solva, Pembrokeshire (SAM PE-273), revealing occupation and finds of Iron Age and Romano-British date. The project was funded by Cadw, the Nineveh Charitable Trust, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority and The National Trust. The entire archive for this excavation was created and stored in digital format and is not held by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales.
