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Description: | Ground and polished bi-convex stone spindle whorl of probable prehistoric to later medieval date (3000 BC ? 1700 AD). The spindle whorl is sub-circular in plan, its diameter measures 53.8mm and is 18.5mm thick. There is a regular circular pierced hole through the whorl and this is set slightly off centre. The hole measures 13.4mm in diameter. The whorl weighs 71.03 grams. The whorl is undecorated and the edges are worn and slightly abraded. It is made from a fine grained sedimentary stone (mud-stone). The whorl is a mid grey brown colour. There are several areas with large scratches again indicating abrasion in the plough soil. 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 regularity of the pierced hole would, in my opinion, indicate a later date. | 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: | -3000
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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