SWYOR-8D024D: Early Medieval Spindle Whorl

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SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: SWYOR-8D024D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, cast lead spindle whorl of probable Early Medieval to Medieval date, about AD 900 - 1200. It is 32.2mm in diameter and 8.6mm thick. It weighs 28.62g. The central hole is 10.61mm in diameter. The whorl is a pale brown in colour with an even patination and no surface decoration. It seems to have been worn down across its upper surface, or be miss-cast, or broken, resulting in a triangular, slightly dished, section. The thinner side is worn through almost to the central hole. On the lower surface is a circumferential trough running parallel with the central hole which may be a result of shrinkage after casting. Undecorated spindle whorls of this type are difficult to date with any certainty, this appears to be a Walton Rogers Form B and the large hole may suggest a Late Anglo-Saxon date onwards. Form B are thought to be Early Medieval to Medieval (Walton Rogers pp 24 - 25).

Class: Walton Rogers Form B

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 28.62 g
Diameter: 32.2 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2016 - Friday 30th September 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 3248

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Allerton Mauleverer with Hopperton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4157
Four figure Latitude: 54.00740053
Four figure longitude: -1.37591265
1:25K map: SE4157
1:10K map: SE45NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Walton Rogers, P.	2007	Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England: AD 450-700	York	Council for British Archaeology	Pages 24 - 25

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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