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Iron Age / Roman pottery spindle whorl
Spindle whorl made from a disc of fine pottery - possibly oxidised ware.
Roman pottery spindle whorl from Dinorben Hillfort, north-west Wales. 50-400 CE. The same technology was used to spin wool for thousands of years.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
65.409/94
Find Information
Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch
Grid Reference: SH 968 757
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1965
Acquisition
Donation, 21/10/1965
Measurements
weight / g:10.3
diameter / mm:30.6
thickness / mm:6.9
perforation / mm:5.4
Material
pottery
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Spinning
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