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Record ID: NMS-24A1E7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman lathe-turned bone spindle whorl, plano-convex with three concentric grooves on the upper, convex face and one groove along with a rib surrounding the central hole on the base. There is very slight ancient surface damage in two places and a tiny modern chip in one. Diameter 34mm. thickness 16.6mm, hole diameter 9 - 10mm, weight 15.98g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-6227C5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bone spindle whorl. A domed spindle whorl with a slightly off-centre drilled hole (diameter 9.02 mm at the top). The hole has an hour glass profile. The spindle whorl has been made from a femural or humeral head (the ball joint of an upper limb bone) from an animal. The dome shape is the natural shape of the bone. The base is fairly flat, but there is a slight step part way across where the angle of cutting has changed when the ball joint was cut from the rest of the bone. Date: Roman to Medieval Dimensions: 39.57 mm x 37.17 mm x 20.95 mm Weight: 15.38 g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2DBFE1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spindle whorl carved from a large animal bone. The object has a wide flattened based and tapers towards the flat top, giving it a conical shape. It has a hole drilled through the centre. The upper surface is rounded and has four lines scratched into it around the central hole, together forming a cross pattern. The bone is a light writish-yellow colour, smoothed with use and age. The whorl is possibly Roman in date, but is more likely to be Early-medieval in date.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-BF4802
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small bone or horn spindle whorl or weight. The whorl is sub-circular with a large circular central perforation measuring 11.2mm in diameter. The whorl is rectangular in section and the surface is polished. One face is smooth but the other has a slight groove around the circumference, possibly due to the structure of the bone rather than for decoration. The whorl measures 22.41mm in diameter, 5.08mm in thickness and weighs 3.37g.
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.