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Description: | Age uncertain. Possibly Iron Age-Georgian. Lead alloy, crudely cast, spindle whorl. Length 23.9mm, Width 22.9mm, Thickness 7.2mm, Diameter 23.9mm, Weight 16.3g. Circular flattened conical shape, plain type, probable spindle whorl with central hole to accommodate the wooden spindle used in the manufacture of yarn. Some surface corrosion and a pale grey coloured surface. Ref: Detector Finds, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1992, page 55 No. 24.
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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