Spindle whorl

Description

Spindle whorl of sandstone, from a chambered cairn at Embo, Dornoch, Highland

Museum reference

X.EQ 636

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Spindle whorl

Physical description

Flat red sandstone, slightly eccentric perforation

Collection place(s)

Embo, Sutherland, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

PSAS 96 (1963-64), 9-36.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record