SPINDLE WHORL

Unique ID: NLM-C6CA91

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Notes:

The pale bright stone might be a Magnesian Limestone; if so, it may have travelled from the area of Tadcaster or Doncaster to reach its find spot. Small items of identifiably non-local stone appear to have accompanied larger consignments intended for building work in the Medieval period, and the same mechanism may have obtained in earlier times. The Roman period saw the first exploitation of Magnesian Limestone, Tadcaster then being named Calcaria, with a later floruit as a building stone extending from the late 12th century to the later 17th.

Class: cf. Walton Rogers form B

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 14.7 mm
Weight: 20.72 g
Diameter: 33.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th June 2019

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM42978

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone
Completeness: Complete