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Description: | Five loomweights, possibly Roman. All were collected from the beach below the cliff edge at Beckfoot, known for its Roman cemetery. However, they could also have been net weights for fishing nets of a later period.
1. Large red weight: WE: ca. 500g; LE: 110mm; WI: 88mm; HE: 63mm; Description: Large weight of round/trapezoidal shape. The surface is smooth and it is of dark red colour. It has one large central perforation which is very worn on one side.
2. Small dark red weight: WE: 100.75g; LE: 46mm; Diameter: 40mm; Description: Oval loomweight with central perforation. It is of dark red colour and has a smooth surface.
3. Small orange weight: WE: 167.76g; LE: 52mm; Diameter: 49mm; Description: Orange-coloured loomweight, oval with flat ends.
4. Medium-sized red weight: WE: 156.35g; LE: 46mm; Diameter: 47mm; Description: Small round weight with very small perforation.
5. Multi-coloured weight: WE: 145.63g, LE: 53mm, Diameter: 43mm; Description: Very gritty, multi-coloured weight of oval shape.
6. Stone loomweight : WE: ca. 200g; LE: 84mm; WI: 51mm; HE: 35mm; Description: Possibly reworked stone (?)
(LE: Length, WI: Width, WE: Weight, HE: Height) | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 100
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dot Boughton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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