Loom weight
Fragments of large clay objects with holes are found on Bronze Age sites across southern England but complete objects like this one are very rare. It is one of a small number found on a Bronze Age site near Honiton in Devon. It’s made from clay containing large pebbles and has been shaped and decorated around each end. It is not clear what these items were used for, perhaps loom weights or possibly used in the kiln when firing pottery.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 3/2004/SF1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Wessex Archaeology
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- loom weight
- Simple Name
- loom weight
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2600-700 BC)
