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Description: | A complete lead spindle whorl of medieval to post-medieval date. The spindle whorl is bi-conical with a central perforation running through it. Both faces appear to be decorated though are extremely worn rendering the exact details indeterminable.The metal is a mid whitish-grey colour and is worn. The spindle whorl is 28.8mm in diameter, 15.2mm thick and weighs 53.3g. The perforation is 7.9mm in diameter.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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