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Description: | A lead alloy spindle whorl of unknown date. The whorl has a diameter of 29.5mm and is 13.4mm thick. It is plano convex and has a large central circular hole. Both faces are decorated with large raised pellets arranged in groups of twos or threes with a raised rib between each group. The decoration on one face is much more worn. The whorl has a creamy yellow patina.
Decorated spindle whorls are very rare finds in excavations, but are often found by metal detectorists. They are usually bi-conical and decorated on both faces with raised dots and radiating or zig zag ribs. They have been found in ploughsoil over the site of Roman buildings and in an excavated context dating from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century at an Austin Friary (Geake, 2001). It is thus very difficult to date decorated whorls, and it seems that they could have been in use at any time between the Roman and late medieval periods. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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