Spindle whorl
Spindle whorls were part of a tool for spinning wool into thread and are found on archaeological sites from prehistory until the recent past. This Iron Age spindle whorl is made from stone. Two labels are attached to the object, one recording the museum accession number. The other label records where and when it was found: ‘Spindle whorl, Bickwell Farm, Sidmouth, May 26 1873’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A4067
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Hutchinson, PO
- Material
- stone
- Common Name
- spindle whorl
- Simple Name
- spindle whorl
- Period Classification
- Iron Age (800 BC-43 AD)
