Record ID: WAW-6A55D2
Object type: LOOMWEIGHT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a possible ceramic loomweight. The fragment is 18.30mm thick and weighs 20.1g. It is 36.69mm long and 31.95mm wide. The fragment has a fabric consists of frequent fine sand particles, with occasional large rounded quartz particles. The remains of a suspension hole is present on the interior surface of the fragment. The size of the fragment means it is hard to determine the original shape of the loom weight, be it either pyramidal or cyclindrical. It probably dates from the Late Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age (-1500 BC to 100 AD). Fragment specific deta…
Created on: Saturday 14th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
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