Spindle

Description

Iron spindle from the quern pair X.FRA 1640 A and X.FRA 1640 B, from the Roman fort of Newstead (Trimontium), Scottish Borders

Museum reference

X.FRA 1640 C

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Spindle

Date

Romano-British

Materials

Iron

Physical description

Iron quern spindle from Niedermendig lava quern-pair X.FRA 1640 A & X.FRA 1640 B. Round-sectioned rod that widens slightly from one end for some two-thirds of its length before running into a square-sectioned tapering point. In use the spike was set in the lower stone (its square cross-section helping to prevent it rotating with the upper stone) with the round-sectioned part of the spindle running through the upper stone to end in the spindle plate. Length 152mm.

Collection place(s)

Newstead, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Newstead Collection

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record