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Description: | A complete spindle whorl of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The object is circular in profile and bi-convex in section with a central, circular perforation running through it. The object is decorated on one side with large raised pellets spaced evenly apart, close to the perforation. There appears to be irregular, widely spaced raised lines radiating from the central perforation with one or two large raised pellets near the circumference within each resulting trapezoidal cell. One cell contains a raised ladder design that stops midway from the circumference. The reverse of the spindle whorl is extremely worn but seems to bear the same decoration of raised lines and pellets. However, there is no evidence of the ladder design on this side.The metal is a mid greyish yellow-white colour. The object is 26.97mm diameter, 9.51mm thick and weighs 27.07g. The diameter of the perforation is 9.91mm.Lead spindle whorls were commonly used from the Iron Age through to the Post-Medieval period and are difficult to date with any certainty without supporting archaeological context. Decorated examples are thought to date to the Medieval to Post-Medieval periods while undecorated examples cannot be securely dated without supporting contextual evidence. The function of such objects is also difficult to determine as the forms are common and may have been served as spindle whorls or weights used for fishing or goods.
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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