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Description: | Ground and polished bi-convex stone spindle whorl of probable later prehistoric to later post medieval date (3000 BC - 1700 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, it measures 44mm length, 40.7mm width and is 12.8mm thick. There is a regular hour glass shaped pierced hole through the whorl and this is set slightly off centre. The shape of this hole would suggest that it has been achieved by drilling from each side. It is likely that this would have been done with a bow drill and sand, which acts as the abrasive. The hole measures 8.2mm in diameter. The whorl weighs 32.38 grams. The whorl is undecorated and the edges are worn and slightly abraded. The outer edge is slightly beveled, although this is not uniform around the length of the artefact. It is made from a fine grained sedimentary stone (sandstone). The whorl is a mid grey brown colour. Spindle whorls are used for a long period of time and as such are very difficult to date precisely without other evidence (such as pottery).The hour glass shape of the pierced hole would, in my opinion, indicate an earlier, possibly prehistoric, date.
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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