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Description: | A flat lead spindle whorl/possible lead weight from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period. Lead weights such as this are very difficult to date because very few have been found in excavated contexts. This particular example is a flat slightly domed shaped circular type, with a flat base and a central perforation running through the length of the weight. The weight weighs 61grams. The base has a diameter of 32.7mm. The hole in the weight measures 10.9mm (at the widest point). The weight is undecorated, apart from a perhaps functional shallow groove in the base of the weight, which extends from the central hole to the edge of the base. This weight has been crudely made. The weight is complete, but slightly worn. The lead has gone a mid brownish-grey colour. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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