Record ID: FAKL-A04FC5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, both faces decorated with a raised, radiating lines and pellets. Diameter 31.0mm, Hole diameter 10.2mm, Height 12.4, Mass 51.98g. The dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) suggestive of a date range of 1450-1550. This whorl still retained its oak spindle, reducing the possibility of it being residual from an earlie…
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-A04C65
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead sheet rivet probably dating to the Roman period. The object comprises a polygonal sheet. The two sides of the sheet have been folded over and then folded back on themselves. It measures 20mm in length, 10mm in width and a maximum of 4mm in thickness. It weighs 3.43g.
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: FAKL-A00100
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, but with a very flat form, both faces decorated with a raised cross motif with three pellets in each arm of the cross. Diameter 36.1mm, Hole diameter 10.8mm, Height 9.5, Mass 46.10g. The dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) suggestive of a date range of 1450-1550. This whorl still retained its oak spindle, reducin…
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-9FE6BB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, one face decorated with a five pointed star fromed by raised bars with pellets in the angle, the other face bears what appear to be worn pellets which have been supplimented by angled, incisde lines. Diameter 29.0mm, Hole diameter 10.2mm, Height 12.3, Mass 40.08g. TThe dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) suggesti…
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-9FC2F3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, one face decorated with a single row of widely spaced pellets,,the other face with three concentric, raised rings linked by radial ribs. Diameter 28.0mm, Hole diameter 9.0mm, Height 9.0, Mass 29.35g. The dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) suggestive of a date range of 1450-1550. This whorl still retained its oak…
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-9FA8E1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post Medieval lead spindle whorl. Biconical, one face decorated with large pellets,the other face damaged but the surviving decorative elements consist thin, rainsed, crossing lines. Diameter 29.9mm, Hole diameter 9.1mm, Height 11.1, Mass 50.02g. The dating of these whorls is open to some doubt. The best dated example was found in a drain at the Austin Friars site in Leicester, a context which contained large quantities of late/post Medieval pottery (Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) suggestive of a date range of 1450-1550. This whorl still retained its o…
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9152CC
Object type: CLIP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object, usually identified as a 'clip' or vessel mend dating to the Roman period. The object comprises a polygonal sheet. The two sides of the sheet have been folded over and then folded back on themselves to form a right angle. It measures 28mm in length, 18mm in width and a maximum of 15mm in thickness. It weighs 8.99g.
Created on: Saturday 29th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded.