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Sherd, spindle whorl (piece), pebble, antler (piece), hammerstone and whetstone from Aitnock, Dalry, Ayrshire

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Sherd, spindle whorl (piece), pebble, antler (piece), hammerstone and whetstone from Aitnock, Dalry, Ayrshire
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These objects provide evidence of daily life at the hillfort site of Aitnock near Dalry in Ayrshire. They include a sherd of Roman samian ware pottery, a piece of a sandstone spindle whorl, a piece of perforated antler, a hammerstone, a pebble and a whetstone. They probably date from between 0 and 200 AD.

Whetstones were used to sharpen metal tools or weapons. The sandstone example here is shaped like a plough coulter (the blade mounted before the shares of a plough).

Spindle whorls are also common settlement finds, hung at the end of a strand or ball of wool, to act as a flywheel as it was spun into yarn using a spindle. The function of the piece of antler is unknown.

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