Bone needle or eyed weaving tool of broad flattish section. From SRC 54, St Ruel's Church, Upper Brook Street, junction with St George's Street, Winchester, Hampshire. Excavated by Sarina Butcher.

Bone needle or eyed weaving tool of broad flattish section. From SRC 54, St Ruel's Church, Upper Brook Street, junction with St George's Street, Winchester, Hampshire. Excavated by Sarina Butcher.

Eyed weaving tool of bone

Late Saxon or early medieval, probably 11th century

Found during excavations at St Ruel's Church, Upper Brook Street, Winchester in the mid- 1950s

The eye of this type of weaving tool might not have been meant to carry thread, but to aid tying several tools together when not in use. Alternatively, or perhaps, in addition, such tools might have been used for making coarse mesh, such as netting.

Bone needle or eyed weaving tool of broad flattish section. From SRC 54, St Ruel's Church, Upper Brook Street, junction with St George's Street, Winchester, Hampshire. Excavated by Sarina Butcher.