Possible Roman loomweight

Perforated roughly circular fragment of limestone slab, perhaps a loomweight. From Sparsholt Roman Villa, West Wood, Sparsholt, Hampshire. Excavated by D.E. Johnston. Roman.

Limestone loomweight

Roman, probably later Roman

Found during excavations at Sparsholt Roman villa, West Wood, Sparsholt

Originally a roof tile of Purbeck limestone, this object has been reshaped, apparently to form a loomweight.

Perforated roughly circular fragment of limestone slab, perhaps a loomweight. From Sparsholt Roman Villa, West Wood, Sparsholt, Hampshire. Excavated by D.E. Johnston. Roman.