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Description: | Worn, Limestone spindlewhorl, probably Anglo-Saxon. The spindlewhorl is plano-convex, having a flat bottom and domed top. It has a central circular perforation through its length. The object is abraded, but appears to have been undecorated. The limestone has a chalky white appearance. The spindlewhorl is 32.74mm in diameter, 14.32mm thick and weighs 17.92g. A similar shaped, though pottery, spindlewhorl can be seen in West, 1998, A corpus of Anglo-Saxon material from Suffolk, Figure 121, number 12. A similar stone example is recorded on the database as NARC-242448. Though the use of spindlewhorls of simple shape spans many hundreds of years, the example recorded here was found in close proximity to a known Anglo-Saxon site, suggesting that it is probably of that date.
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