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Description: | An incomplete cast lead spindle whorl, dating from the Medieval - Post Medieval period, between AD 1400 - 1600 (diameter: 33.5mm; thickness: 10.5mm; weight: 45.7g). This slender spindle whorl is circular in plan and bi-conical in section with a central circular drilled hole (diameter of hole: 8.5mm) for the probable wooden spindle to run through. The artefact is decorated on both sides with irregular and raised linear markings, which radiate outwards from the central hole and mostly form a star design with the linear markings terminating at points along the outside edge. On one side of the artefact particularly, there are approximately twelve pellets circling around the outside edge of the spindle whorl. There only appears to be three or four of these pellets around the outside edge on the opposing side. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a slightly break along the outside edge. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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