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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: GAT-C913E7

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A perforated sub-circular object bearing incised decoration on one side. It is presumed to be a weight, possibly a spindle whorl, although it has been made from a light-weight, pumice-like material, which is granular in texture and has a mottled appearance. Each side of the object has an uneven surface and a number of chips around the edge. Although there is decoration on one side, the other side has at least one groove running across it. The weight is irregular in shape and the perforation is worn to a greater extent on the undecorated side. It may be a spindle whorl made from a pierced potsherd, similar to those excavated in the pre-Roman layers at Verulamium, for example, no 1 of plate LV B appears very similar.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PRN 24031

Materials and construction

Primary material: Pottery
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
District: Gwynedd (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llandwrog (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SH4356
Four figure Latitude: 53.078083
Four figure longitude: -4.345225
1:25K map: SH4356
1:10K map: SH45NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Wheeler, R.E.M. and Wheeler, T.V.	1936	Verulamium: A Belgic and two Roman Cities	Oxford	The Society of Antiquaries	Plate LV B, No 1

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Recording Institution: GAT
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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