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Description: | A complete undecorated cast lead object, possibly a spindle whorl. Date Unknown. Diameter: 27.3mm; thichness: 5.3mm. Weight: 23.54g.The object is convex on the upper face and flat on the underside. A central circular perforation has a diameter of 6.4mm. The surface is corroded and pitted overall.Helen Geake, Finds Adviser of the Portable Antiquities Scheme writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the Medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan, 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450", 255-261; and Biddle, 1990, "Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester"), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 1993, "Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971 - 78",184-5). The excavated assemblage from Winchester contains one lead whorl from a mid to late tenth century context." Whorls have also been found in association with Roman buildings. Undecorated lead spindle whorls can therefore date from the Roman, Early Medieval or Medieval periods.
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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