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Early Medieval lead spindle whorl
Irregulare bun shaped lead object with cylindrical perforation; perhaps a spindle whorl. The top has a number of shallow radial grooves.
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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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/C.3
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut X; Layer 1; Context 3W: Published as unstratified.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
diameter / mm:24
depth / mm:10
internal diameter / mm:7
diameter / mm
weight / g:30.3
Techniques
cast
Material
lead
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Spinning
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