Record ID: SWYOR-70F083
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of uncertain date, probably dating from the sixth to sixteenth century, AD 600 - 1600. It is of Coppergate type 1, having a circular, flat base and a domed upper surface. There is a central, circular perforation but no decoration. It is 27.8mm in diameter and 12.3mm high. It weighs 37.6gm. Whorls of this shape are illustrated in Rogers, P. W. 2007, Cloth and Clothing in Early Anglo Saxon England, page 25.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-6FF615
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint retouched flake of broad Mesolithic-Neolithic date (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a mottled brown colour and is opaque, but translucent around the edges, with small white inclusions. It is a tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan and flat trapezoid in section. The flint has short, scaled, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch on the right hand side, and possible retouch or edeg damage on the left. It is 16.8mm long x 14.4mm wide x 2.9mm thick. Weight 0.78g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-6EEDC2
Object type: BORER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint borer, of uncertain date, Mesolithic to Neolithic (9000 - 2200 BC). The flint is a brown colour and is translucent. It is a tertiary flake and is roughly teardrop shaped in plan and flat elliptical in section. The flint has a sharp curved point at the distal end. This point has been produced by minimal short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt, soft hammer retouch to the left edge of the distal end carried out from the dorsal face. There is also edge damage, or possible very fine retouch on the right side at the proximal end. The flint is 30.2mm long x 14.5mm wide x 4.2mm thick. Weight 1.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
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