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Description: | A probable spindle whorl made of a middle Jurassic rusty sandstone, (identified by Jon Radley, Keeper of Geology, Warwickshire Museum). It is discoid, weighing 43.41g, measuring 47.39mm diameter and is 15.56m thick. In the centre there is a 8.99mm diameter hole. There are no signs of wear around the edges of the hole. The dates of spindle whorls are not certain, but were used throughout the Roman and Medieval periods (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished). Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) in his discussion (p. 255 ff) about spindle whorls, comments that the cheaper, possibly home-made ceramic and bone spindle whorls were displaced by purposefully manufactured stone examples in the Medieval period, therefore this may indicate a Medieval date for this example. Egan illustrates 13 stone spindle whorls which date between the mid 12th to mid 15th century. Spindle whorls were used primarily by women and children and are a common artefact in their personal possessions of the Medieval period. The type of stone may indicate patterns of production and distribution from the natural source of the material. This example is made from a stone which is consistent with local material (Radley pers comm).
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