Record ID: LVPL-B518EF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object has a shallow biconical shape with a large central perforation measuring 8.8mm in diameter. Both faces present a raised decoration that consists of a seven-petalled flower with a pellet in each petal. The object has a dark cream patina with soil remaining within the raised lines. Dimensions: Diameter: 28.0mm, Thickness: 10.3mm, Weight: 30.19gm. The central hole has diameter 8.8mm. Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can be difficult to date as they are …
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FA452E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of post-medieval to modern date (1500-1950). Walton Rodgers form B. The object is circular in plan, with a hole running through its middle. In section, the spindle whorl is rectangular. Both faces are undecorated but heavily worn. Both faces are flat and undecorated, and the object has developed a cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 23.0mm, Thickness 10.7mm, Weight 26.55g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-A47AF8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead / lead alloy spindle whorl probably dating to the medieval period (c.AD 1200-1500). The object is biconical in shape with rounded edges and a large central perforation measuring 9.3mm in diameter. One face is completely worn, obscuring any decoration; the other face has a raised decoration of chevros protruding from the centre which are each filled with a pellet, and between each chevron is a further one or two pellets. The surface has a dark cream patina. Dimensions: Diameter 27.6mm; thickness 8.5mm; weight 29.37g Decorated lead-alloy spindle whorls or weights can b…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-41F173
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD1200-1700). The object is circular with two flat, undecorated faces. The outer edge is also flattened, creating an oval cross section. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8mm. Spindle whorls can be difficult to date as they were in use from the Roman period onwards and they change little in form or decoration.
Created on: Friday 31st July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke upon Tern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BB127B
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Salford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead spindle whorl of probably post medieval date (c.AD 1600-1800). The object is worn and broken. It is roughly circular in shape and is plan-convex with a D-shaped cross section. In the centre is a drilled perforation with an internal diameter of 8mm. The faces are undecorated and it is likely the object was once part of a large spindle whorl.
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boothstown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9BAB28
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead spindle whorl of probably post medieval date (c.AD 1500-1700). The object is worn and broken. It is roughly circular in shape and is flat, there is a central perforation with the internal diameter of 9mm. The faces are undecorated and it is likely the object was once part of a large spindle whorl.
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9B79EA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD1200-1700). The object is circular with two flat, undecorated faces. The outer edge is also flattened, creating an oval cross section. The perforation has an internal diameter of 6.5mm. Spindle whorls can be difficult to date as they were in use from the Roman period onwards and they change little in form or decoration.
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9B66D0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast decorated lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD1200-1700). The object is plano-convex with a central perforation. One face is decorated with raised lip that circluated around the perforation, from this lip radiates a triangular pattern. The opposite face is flate and is well worn, a plain bands circulates the perforation from which radiates a motif of raised lines. The perforation has an internal diameter of 8.5mm. Decorated lead-alloy weights can be difficult to date as they are not commonly discovered in dateable contexts. Of the decorated s…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9B34D6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast decorated lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD1200-1700). The object has a bi-concial shape with a central perforation. Both faces are decorated with a sun burst pattern. One face has evenly spaced thick lines radiating from the centre the ends of which are surrounded by a raised lip. The other side has a raised lip circulating the perforation, from which radiates evenly spaced thinner lines, and a greater number than the opposite face. The perforation has an internal diameter of 9mm. The object is almost complete with just one edge partially…
Created on: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-CFC6A8
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD 1450-1600). The object is bi-conical in shape with a large central circular perforation and a pronounced median ridge. This shape is classified as the C2 shape by Walton Rogers (1997) and is thought to be in use from c.AD 1100. One face appears plain but may be so worn that the design has been the lost. On this face, the surface raises at the perforation to create a lip around the hole. The opposite surface has a worn decoration of triangles radiating from the perforation. The object is covered in a white patin…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2BD079
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl of probable post medieval date (c.AD 1450-1600). The object is bi-conical in shape with a large central circular perforation and a pronounced median ridge. This shape is classified as the C2 shape by Walton Rogers (1997) and is thought to be in use from c.AD 1100. Both faces are decorated with a raised design of triangles running perpendicular to the perforation and terminating towards the edge, with raised pellets in the spaces between. One face of the object is more worn than other, obscuring much of the triangles. A design which Walton Rogers q…
Created on: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C86846
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of probable post-medieval date, though there is at the moment no comprehensive dating schema for whorls and so this can be considered a rough estimate. The object is of a compressed biconical shape, both surfaces being decorated with curvilinear and rectilinear geometric designs.
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Sunday 8th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B00F93
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cat lead alloy spindle whorl or weight dating to the Medieval to Post Medieval period (c.AD1150-1600). The object is roughly ovoid with a flat face on each side. One side of the object has been pressed into a flatter shape. Through the centre is a large perforation. The sides of the object are worn and it is covered in a white patina. Measurements: Length: 27.5mm Width: 24mm Thickness: 7mm Weight: 35.5g
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-750DDA
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy spindle whorl of medieval to post medieval date. The object is oval in plan and slightly conical. In the centre of the object the perforation has an internal diameter of 9mm. Each face is undecorated. The object has a light brown patina. Dimensions: 29mm in length, 28mm in width, 5mm thick, 22.60g. Spindle whorls have reportedly been found in contexts dated from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period although the majority are typically dated broadly to the medieval period c.1100-1500.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-DD12C6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spindle whorl, late medieval to post medieval in date (c AD1300-1700). The object is biconical with an off centre perforation measuring 9.96mm in diameter. Both sides are decorated with a series of pellets and lines, with raised edges. The object has a dark greyish green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4AA2C7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spindle whorl, late medieval to post medieval in date (c AD 1400-1700). The object is sub circular in plan and cylindrical with a central perforation measuring 10.35mm. It appears undecorated and is rough and uneven with cut marks on the surface. The object has a greyish brown patina.
Created on: Friday 7th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'York', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4A2DB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy spindle whorl, late medieval to post medieval in date (c AD 1400-1700). The object is sub circular in plan and cylindrical with a central perforation measuring 8.67mm. It appears undecorated and is rough and uneven. The object has a dark grey patina.
Created on: Friday 7th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-924EF6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead spindle whorl, probably late medieval to early post medieval in date (c AD 1300-1700). It is bi-conical, with a circular central perforation measuring 9.94mm in diameter. The upper face is domed and is decorated with a series of 10 raised pellets. The lower face is flat and undecorated. The object if very damaged to one side. The object is worn and has a dark grey patina. Similar examples of spindle whorls have been found in contexts from the Roman through to the Post-Medieval period. However most are typically dated to the Medieval period.
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Last updated: Friday 6th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Legh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F475D0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl, probably Post-Medieval in date. It is very crude in design. It has a slightly domed shape and has a central circular perforation.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LVPL896
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead spindle whorl. Circular with central hole. Sunburst pattern on one side, segment with pellets or sunburst on the other.
Created on: Monday 11th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.