Record ID: CORN-91A7F8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slate spindle whorl, oval in plan and flat in profile, with parallel faces, a smooth flat edge, and a slightly off-centre perforation. The perforation is about 6 mm in diameter at the surface of each face, and has been drilled from each face, but has only just met in the middle, exposing a small hole about 0.6 mm in diameter. Both of the apertures are off-centre, suggesting that the whorl would not be quite balanced while used in the spinning process, and perhaps this is why the piece was never completed. Slate is commonly used in the county for spindle whorls as it is light and easy …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2012
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Record ID: ESS-0408E5
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman Puddingstone beehive quern dating to c.1st Century BC - c.1st Century AD.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
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