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Record ID: DOR-222171
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl. A circular pebble of fine grained limestone. It has a central circular perforation (10.46 mm in diameter) made using a hollow drill. the edges of the object are rounded producing and oval cross section
Date: Probably Iron Age (Peter Bellamy, pers. comm)
Dimensions: 38.90 mm x 37.81 mm x 15.51 mm
Weight: 32.88 g
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-98A596
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete stone spindle whorl. A carved sub-circular, bi-conical piece of fine grained sedimentary rock. One face is slightly more domed than the other. There is an off-centre drilled hole for attachment to a spindle. The hole has been drilled out from both sides, producing an hour-glass profile.
Date: possibly Iron age to medieval
Dimensions: 70.71 mm x 59.60 mm x 23.11 mm. Hole diameter - 10.51 mm
Weight: 136.3 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-4D0330
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cut stone spindlewhorl. A sub circular, thick disc of stone with a small central hole. The hole is straight sided and 5mm in diameter. It has been roughly cut from a piece of hard red sandstone, most likely from the Quantock Hills in Somerset (identification provided by Dennis Parsons, Keeper of Natural History, Somerset County Museums Service). There are several plough scrapes on the surface of the object.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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