Record ID: DOR-98A596
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete stone spindle whorl. A carved sub-circular, bi-conical piece of fine grained sedimentary rock. One face is slightly more domed than the other. There is an off-centre drilled hole for attachment to a spindle. The hole has been drilled out from both sides, producing an hour-glass profile. Date: possibly Iron age to medieval Dimensions: 70.71 mm x 59.60 mm x 23.11 mm. Hole diameter - 10.51 mm Weight: 136.3 g
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-222171
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone spindle whorl. A circular pebble of fine grained limestone. It has a central circular perforation (10.46 mm in diameter) made using a hollow drill. the edges of the object are rounded producing and oval cross section Date: Probably Iron Age (Peter Bellamy, pers. comm) Dimensions: 38.90 mm x 37.81 mm x 15.51 mm Weight: 32.88 g
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-58E541
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of indeterminate date. The object is at the upper end of the distribution curve for the normal weight of spindle whorls at 29g. This may suggest that it was used for spinning relatively fine yarn (Wild, 1988, 25). The approximate bun shape of the whorl is known from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. The diameter is 24.81mm. Spindle Whorls made from lead are relatively rare and might suggest a date of between the Roman and Medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-002FD2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead bi-conical spindle whorl dateable only to the Roman period or later.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-EEBBA3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chalk spindle whorl of unknown date. The spindle whorl is slightly irregular, but is circular in plan, with a diameter of between 58.72 and 60.68mm and plano-convex in profile with a maximum thickness of 21.27mm. In the centre there is a round perforation which has been drilled from both sides. It is between 6.5 and 15.5mm in diameter. On some parts of the surface working marks are visible and around the central perforation on the flat side there is an oval incised line, about 1mm in width. Weight: 77.55g
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bincombe area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-F3557F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl, circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile and section, with a neat circular hole that is 8.4 mm in diameter. Both surfaces are pitted with circular indentations that average about 1 mm in diameter. These are seen locally on ceramic spindle whorls but lead whorls are not normally decorated in Cornwall, but this find is from Dorset and was found with other Roman artefacts. Experimental work with spindle whorls show that flat and symmetrical examples like this work best for spinning and holding the wool. Bishop (1996) illustrates a flat and pitted lead s…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
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Record ID: DOR-38796C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl or weight. A truncated biconical whorl or weight with a slightly off-cenntre large, circular aperture (diameter 9.49 mm). Undecorated. Date; Medieval to Post-Medieval - c. 1200 - 1600 Dimensions: Height: 18.44 mm Diameter: 23.92 mm Diameter of central hole: 9.49 mm Weight: 42.80 g Similar to database records NLM-37FE13, YORYM-F89CBD and WMID-7272F6
Created on: Friday 14th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st August 2019
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Record ID: DOR-547FC0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy circular, biconical spindle whorl. The whorl has a large central, circular perforation which is straigth sided. There is cast decoration on both of the conves faces. On one is a series of chevrons and pellets within a border of small squares. On the other is decorated with a series of curved lines forming a cinquefoil with two or three pellets on each foil, overlain by a quatrefoil with a single pellet in each foil. A single plain line borders the design and there are further pellets between the outer foils. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1200 - 1600 Dimensions: 2…
Created on: Friday 28th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 12th June 2014
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Record ID: DEV-FB417B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead alloy spindle whorl of Early Medieval date, c. AD 500-1000. The object is circular in shape and domed in cross section, with a flattened lower surface and convex upper surface. The upper surface is noticably smoothed, with this effect somewhat diminished by post depositional cracking. It is now a pale grey in colour due to patinisation. In the centre is a perforated aperture which is 6mm in diameter. The flat lower surface and domed upper surface conform with Walton Rogers form A1, thought to be consistent with usage between AD 500 and 1000. The small size spindl…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
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Record ID: DOR-6227C5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone spindle whorl. A domed spindle whorl with a slightly off-centre drilled hole (diameter 9.02 mm at the top). The hole has an hour glass profile. The spindle whorl has been made from a femural or humeral head (the ball joint of an upper limb bone) from an animal. The dome shape is the natural shape of the bone. The base is fairly flat, but there is a slight step part way across where the angle of cutting has changed when the ball joint was cut from the rest of the bone. Date: Roman to Medieval Dimensions: 39.57 mm x 37.17 mm x 20.95 mm Weight: 15.38 g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4BC67
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spindle whorl of Medieval date, probably c.AD 1100 - 1300 but possibly as late as 1600. The spindle whorl is dome shaped (hemi-spherical) with a convex front and flat back and a central perforation (10.2mm diameter) running through it. . The upper surface is decorated with 11 large pellets. Six of these are spaced around the central hole to mark the points of a hexagon shape. Five further projecting knops are placed c3.7mm from these near the outside edge of the spindle whorl while a sixth appears to have been chipped away in an old scar. The pellets are place…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Record ID: SOMDOR-9E1B31
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable chalk spindle whorl or possibly a weight. A sub-circular disc of stone with a hole bored in the centre. The hole has a slight hour-glass profile. The upper and lower faces are slightly convex and the edge is flattened. Internal diameter of hole is 6.27 mm
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
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Record ID: SOMDOR-9E3BC1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable stone spindle whorl or possibly a weight. A circular disc of stone with a hole bored in the centre. The hole isstraight sided. The upper and lower faces are slightly convex and the edge is tapering and rounded. Internal diameter of hole is 8.06 mm.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
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