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Posted by SleepyRattusrattus (U2947083) on Monday, 16th January 2006
My father was a farmworker in southwest Scotland and many years ago came across a round pale stone object of about 7cms diameter with a 3cm hole in the middle lying buried by the side of small gulley. Has anyone any idea what this may be?
In the same area he found a comb buried in peat which looked like it was made from wood. Unfortunately this soon completely disintegrated. Any ideas on an age of this and the age of the above stone?
Just wondering whether your round stone object could be a 'loom-weight'. Don't profess to know the age of this, but both stone and comb may have been dropped during the land clearances. Have you taken these objects to any museum or sent a description?
The round object was probably a loom weight or spindle whorl used for spinning. Could be anything from neolithic upwards. If you still have the object, take it in to a local museum and they should be able to help you.
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Posted by BeautifulGoddess (U2448486) on Friday, 20th January 2006
yeh sounds like a loom-weight, and just like the others said you should get it checked at a local museum, let us know when you find out, be interesting!
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