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Description: | A complete cast spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. The object is decorated on both sides with raised lines radiating from the central 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 very light brown colour and is slightly worn in places. The spindle whorl is 29.83mm in diameter, 18.05mm thick and weighs 46.93g. 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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