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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 and has a central, circular perforation running through it. The inside of the perforation is filled with organic material from deposition. On one side of the spindle whorl, it is decorated with irregularly spaces raised pellets spanning from the perforation to the outer circumference. There is slight damage near the perforation with what appears to be a scrape. The reverse has a raised circumference at the perforation in a shape that appears to be an 8-pointed star. The decoration stops 4.19mm from the perforation. There are also irregularly spaced raised lines radiating from the central raised decoration.The metal is mid-greyish white in colour. The object is 28.01mm in diameter, 12.75mm thick and weighs 39.79g. The diameter of the perforation is 10.03mm.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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