Details

Object type

spindle whorl

Place Associated

Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Tiree, Salum Bay (place found)

Date

Iron Age, probably, circa 400-100 BC

Materials

pottery

Dimensions

overall: 14 mm x 50 mm x 51 mm 46 g

Description

Spindle whorl, made from the body of a clay vessel of fine brown clay with a high mica content. Orange on one face. Slightly off-centre circular perforation. Thicker on one side than the other. Some horizontal cracks along the sides.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted, 1978

ID Number

A.1978.34.g

Location

In storage