Accession No

1926.504 B.1


Description

Oblate pottery spindle whorl with central perforation. Shell and sand temper.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Waterbeach; Waterbeach Lodge


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.504 B.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

34mm


Events

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label found with 1926.504 B[.1-4]: 'Pottery spindle whorls / Waterbeach / Ant. Journ. 1927. p.143'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in ink: Waterbeach / Anglo Saxon Village / House II'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1926.504 B: 'Two pottery spindle whorls of different shapes.'

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found: Found by the donor in a dwelling hut which he excavated on the bank of the Car Dyke where it runs through his garden at the Lodge.
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1927). ‘An Anglo-Saxon Hut on the Car Dyke, at Waterbeach.’ The Antiquaries Journal, vol. 7(2). pp. 141-146
Event Date 1927
Author: Katrina Dring


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. and Tebbutt, Charles F. (1933). 'Huts of the Anglo-Saxon Period: I. Huts of the Pagan Period at Waterbeach and West Row'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXIII, pp. 133-137. Fig.2, 8
Event Date 1933
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.504 B[.1-4]: 'Three complete spindle whorls found, and one fragment.'
Event Date 14/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Oblate pottery spindle whorl with central perforation. Shell and sand temper.
Event Date 19/5/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:19565

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