Record ID: DEV-8852FF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, biconical spindle whorl. Biconical with traces of a decorative pattern comprised of lines radiating out from the central hole creating six segments, each segment with a raised dot in the centre; both faces have the same decoaration. There is also a raised line around the central hole. The whorl has a circular perforation through the centre. Decorated biconical lead whorls have been found in medieval contexts in Leicester (Austin Friars; Mellor and Pearce, 1981, Fig. 51, No. 71, 39-41) and Codnor Castle, Derbyshire (Time Team excavation: Wessex Arc…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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