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Description: | A biconical lead spindle whorl/possible lead weight from the Medieval to Post-Medieval period. Lead weights such as this are very difficult to date because very few have been found in excavated contexts. This particular example is cone shaped with a central perforation running through the length of the weight. The weight weighs 38.5grams. The base has a diameter of 24.4mm. The hole in the top of the weight measures 7.3mm and the hole in the base measures 8.5mm, showing that the hole tapers upwards. The weight is undecorated, apart from a perhap functional shallow groove in the base of the weight, which extends from the central hole to the edge of the base. The weight is complete, but slightly worn. The lead has gone a mid brownish-grey colour. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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