Record ID: CORN-C91C45
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery spindle whorl, circular in section and flat in profile, with one side flatter and less eroded than the other. The central circular bore hole measures about 8 mm in diameter. The fabric is an orange colour throughout and contains mica, felspar, augite and quartzite inclusions, which suggest that it was made from gabbroic clay, originating from the Lizard in Cornwall. Romano-British, judging from the date of the majority of finds that it was found with. Quinnell (2004) illustrates a similar example from Trethurgy on page 143, Fig.68, No.31 which is dated to the later stage…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: CORN-3CC4A2
Object type: POT SHERD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery disc, circular in plan, apart from one broken edge, and convex in profile. It was probably cut and ground from a pottery sherd as a blank for a spindle whorl, but may not have been used because of its concave / convex profile. The surface and core of the sherd have been reduced to an dark brown to black colour. There are carbonised remains on the interior surface of the sherd or the underside of the disc. The fabric looks, from microscopic investigation, to have mica and slate inclusions. The fabric and possible uses of this disc make it likely to have come from a Romano…
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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