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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.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
65.409/94
Find Information
Site Name: Dinorben, Parc-y-meirch
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
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