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Description: | A cast lead spindle whorl of late medieval or early post medieval date, probably fifteenth or sixteenth century. It is bi-conical with steeply sloping upper and lower sides. Both sides are decorated; one side has seventeen closely spaced, prominent ridges radiating from the central perforation, the other also has radiating ridges, in this case creating triangular panels. Each of these panels contains a pair of angled ridges; the direction alternating left and right. There is a depression in the wall of the central perforation. The whorl is 32mm in diameter and 20.2mm thick. It weighs 66.64gm.
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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