Site: A27 Westhampnett Bypass Excavations, Area 2
County: West Sussex
Present location: Novium Museum, Chichester

Preservation type: Mineralised remains on iron staple (ON 27697, 27700)
Dimensions: Longest fragment is 16mm long
Material: Probably wool
Technique: Woven
Structure: Twill?

Warp/weft can be identified: No

	System A	System B
Spin direction	Z-spun single	S-spun single
Twist angle (deg)	–	–
Diameter	–	–
Ends/cm	10-12	10

Textile finish: –

Selvedge: Not present

Starting border: Not present

Ending border: Not present

Damage/Wear: –

Additions/Alterations: –

Context: From cremation burial (unurned), Grave 20254. Possible male, young subadult. Also in grave: pig, sheep/goat and other unidentified animal bone, an iron brooch of indeterminate type, an iron nail, five rectangular iron staples in total (the remaining three have mineralised wood adhering to the surfaces thought to represent the repairs of a lathe-turned vessel, a ceramic jar and a bowl.

Dating: Late Iron Age

Reference:

Walton Rogers, P. 1997. Late Iron Age Textile and Fibre Remains, in Fitzpatrick, A.P. 1997. Archaeological Excavations on the Route of the A27 Westhampnett Bypass, West Sussex, 1992. Volume 2: the Late Iron Age, Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries. Salisbury: Wessex Archaeology, 110-111. Available here: https://wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/books/58/

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