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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
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Record ID: NMS-B1FB5F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spindle whorl made from a base of Roman greyware pottery, diameter 23.5mm, thickness 6mm, weight 3.78g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 27th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-1482FC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete spindle whorl made from a basal sherd of Roman oxidised pottery in a quite fine fabric. Paert of the edge is missing. Diameter 37mm. Thickness 11mm. Hole diameter 11 - 12mm. Weight 15.78g. 3rd - 4th century, or perhaps post- Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0C89AD
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a spindle whorl made from a base of Roman greyware pottery, one third extant, diameter 48mm, thickness 9.8mm, weight 9g. The conversion to a whorl may have occurred in the Roman period or later. The Roman presence on this site is less strong than thwe late saxon and medieval.
Created on: Friday 17th April 2015
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-BAF205
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spindle whorl made from a sherd of Roman oxidised micaceous pottery, in rather abraded condition. Diameter 29mm. Thickness 10mm. Hole diameter 9mm. Weight 8.70g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th April 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-3E2E07
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular cast lead-alloy artefact, probably a spindle whorl. The whorl has a flat biconical section, with each cone truncated by the central perforation for attachment. The whorl is 29.75mm in diameter at its centre, 12.05mm thick, and the circular perforation for attaching to the spindle is 9.5mm in diameter, tapering slightly to 8.2mm. The upper face of the whorl is decorated with irregular tapering double ribs which radiate out. Within each pair of ribs there tends to be a pellet; there is a further pellet in the field between two of the pairs of ribs. On the lower face the decora…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SF-4FD042
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead decorated spindle whorl which could be Roman or later in date as the form of spindle whorls changes little through time. It is a flattened biconical in shape and measures 30.5mm in diameter and 11.4mm in thickness, it has a central circular hole which is 11.7mm in diameter. The decoration is now very worn but appears to have been moulded transverse lines with small flattened circular bosses between them.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wormegay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9B53D2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl, flattened biconical in shape with a central circular perforation. It measures 33mm in diameter and 13mm in thickness, the central hole is c10mm in diameter. Both faces of this spindle whorl are decorated one face with moulded transverse lines, radiating out from the central perforation in between these lines there are three circular knops. The other face has worn zig-zag moulded lines again with rounded knops in between the zig-zags. This spindle whorl could be Roman to medieval in date as decorated spindle whorls have been discovered in Roman, Saxon …
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southery', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1494
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
RB Pottery spindle-whorl made of slightly micaceous greyware body sherd, dia.38-40mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CORPUSTY', grid reference and parish protected.