Record ID: CORN-81D297
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone spindle whorl, circular in plan and bi-convex in profile, 33.5 mm in diameter, 12 mm thick and with a circular central perforation that is 7.5 mm in diameter. The bone has been analysed and is likely from a Red or Fallow deer (see below). The smooth upper surface is decorated with a slightly off-centre, sub-circular incised ring around the central perforation which varies between 16 mm and 18 mm in diameter. Outside this is a circle of ring-and-dot decorations, at approximately 5.5 mm intervals (centre to centre) and each about 2 mm in diameter. The surface of the bone has lamina…
Created on: Monday 26th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.