Medieval spindle whorls

Medieval spindle whorls. Stones like these would have been used by Cistercian weavers in the Monklands to spin sheep's wool from their farms into cloth.

Museum reference:
NLC-2019-58
Associated with:
1150s - 1500s · Cistercian Monks · Monklands
Materials:
stone

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