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Description: | ChalkSpindle Whorl. Crudely knife cut cylindrical whorl with a central waisted aperture drilled from both sides to a maximum diameter of 14mm, and at its narrowest circa 10mm. An incised interlace pattern is carried over one face, with some lines carried over onto the outer edge. Linear scratches, some intersecting though appearing fresher than the cuts defining the interlace, and less structured in their pattern, appear on the other side of the whorl, along with spalling of that face. The finder notes Viking Age finds from the vicinity, and both form and decoration are consistent with that period. The whorl could have been used to spin a yarn. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1050.Diameter: 42.7mm, Thickness: 13.8mm, Weight: 26.87gms.
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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