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Description: | A complete cast lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both sides are decorated with raised lines radiating from the perforation with raised pellets within each resulting trapezoidal cell. The cells differ in size and house between two and three pellets. The metal is a mid orangey-brown colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 31mm in diameter, 12.2mm thick and weighs 49.3g.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.
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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