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Description: | Carved (chipped and ground) siltstone spindle whorl of Roman to Post-Medieval date (100 - 1600 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan; it measures 39.1mm length, 38.2mm width and is 11.2mm thick. There is a circular hole drilled through the whorl and this is set off centre. The diameter of the hole measures 7.9mm. The whorl weighs 26.01 grams. The siltstone is a mid-beige grey colour. Both sides of the spindle whorl are undecorated. However on the upper(?) side there are the remains of two small shell like fossils. The type of fine grained siltstone is likely to have been procured locally (within 30 miles of the findspot) and has a large number of silica and quartzite inclusions. Spindle whorls are difficult to date precisely as they are used through most historical and archaeological periods. Many of the later examples tend to be undecorated but this is difficult to prove when the artefact is out of its original context.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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