Accession No
1936.836 C
Description
Plano-convex chalk spindle whorl with cylindrical central hole. Small amount of loss from the top.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.836 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Chalk; Stone
Local Term
Measurements
32mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Shudy Camps Cemetery, Grave 48. Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge in 1933.
Double grave of woman and child.
Event Date 1933
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V.
Event Date 1936
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (CMS Description)
Found at feet of woman's skeleton
Event Date 22/7/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Plano-convex chalk spindle whorl with cylindrical central hole. Small amount of loss from the top.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19353
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