Record ID: CORN-1728DA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Schist spindle whorl, circular in plan and biconical in profile with a central perforation that is 9 mm in diameter and 9 mm deep and slightly waisted in profile. The centre of the whorl is 9 mm in thickness and it tapers to a narrow edge which is on average about 4 mm thick. The schist is grey in colour with small specks of reflective mica and darker platy elongated minerals which could be hornblende or graphite as these are typical inclusions. The edges of the whorl have broken away through wear or damage, as the schist fractures along its planar layers. The surface is pitted and cr…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: DENO-0F75DC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy Medieval spindle whorl, dating to the medieval period (circa AD 1100-1500). The whorl is comprised of a central bi-conical body. Both faces of the whole are characterised by moulded decoration. On one side are a series of raised lines radiating out from the central perforation creating 9 compartments. Three pellets then protrude from each compartment. The other side also shows radiating lines creating 9 compartments. Each compartment contains one pellet set above a cross filling the compartment. The surface of the whorl is worn with a powdery white patina. Lead w…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-0F5122
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorated, bi-conical, lead spindle whorl of Medieval or early Post-Medieval date, about AD 1100 - 1600. It is of Walton Rogers form C2, having no flat faces and carinated sides with a median ridge between the two faces. The central aperture is tapered from 10.5mm diameter to 8.6mm on the other face. There is a deep cavity in the side wall of the central hole, probably a casting flaw. There is also a large gouge in the median ridge on the outer face, probably post depositional damage, but patinated. One face, with the larger central hole, is decorated with two circumferential rows o…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th May 2019
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