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Description: | A complete cast lead spindle whorl of probable medieval to post-medieval date. The object is circular in plan with a flat top and base, rounded sides and a wide sub-circular central perforation. Both sides of the object are worn with one bearing the remains of sub-circular recesses, the other with a circumferential recess.The metal is a mid brownish-white colour and is worn. The object is 27.8mm in diameter, 6.6mm thick and weighs 25.9g.Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the post-medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty. Decorated examples are thought to date to the medieval to post-medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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