VM_365 Day 180 Used Middle Iron Age loom weight

VM 180

Today’s VM_365 image for Day 180 shows a worn Middle Iron Age clay loomweight from Northdown, Margate excavated in the 1970’s.

This loom weight shows evidence of heavy use wear from where it was suspended from a warp weighted loom which has created a groove in its surface. Other different types of Iron Age loomweights have been found at  Broadstairs and North Foreland.

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