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Record ID: NMS-E67628
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular, plano-convex undecorated cast spindle whorl. The central circular perforation tapers slightly, either by design or wear, from 9.2mm diameter uppermost to 10.1mm at the base. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval and early Post-Medieval periods, but in metal are more typically Early Medieval to Post Medieval. The hand spindle on which they were used continued in use at least until the 16th century in Norfolk (Mar…
Created on: Saturday 6th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 6th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-2DCE42
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval or post-medieval spindle whorl. It is dicoidal in shape with a central circular hole c.5mm in diameter. The outer face is decorated with four inwards pointing raised V-shapes. The form and decoration suggests a medieval to post-medieval date, although spindle whorls can be difficult to date as they were in use with little change from the Roman period onwards. Diameter: 24.93mm, thickness: 6.10mm, weight: 21.65g
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F8AEF4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval or post-medieval decorated spindle whorl. It is hemispherical in shape. There is a circular hole through the centre, c.6mm in diameter. The outer face is decorated with a ring of projecting pellets. The surface is worn, whitish grey in colour and pitted in places. Spindle whorls have been found in contexts dating from the Roman to post-medieval periods, but decorated examples are likely to date from the medieval period onwards. Diameter: 24.11mm, diameter of hole: 6mm, thickness: 11.37mm, weight: 33.14g
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3E1AFF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete lead Iron Age to Post-Medieval biconical spindle whorl. It is formed from two flattened, truncated cones, joined at the base with a narrow circular hole (c.6mm) through the centre (Walton-Rogers Type B3). The surface is worn, whitish grey in colour and pitted in places. Undecorated spindle whorls of this form were in use from the Iron Age well into the post-medieval period with little change in form and are therefore difficult to date precisely. Walton-Rogers (2007, 24-5) suggests that bi-conical whorls with narrow central holes (
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-02E20C
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy Roman to Medieval spindle whorl dating to AD 43-1540. It is circular in plan with a central perforation (11.1mm diameter). Its sides are rounded with no decorative elements. Diameter: 21mm; Thickness: 3.9mm; Weight: 18.12g.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A63A11
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy possibly Medieval spindle whorl, dating to AD 1200-1450. It is biconical with one face slightly flatter then the other; there is a circular hole at its centre. Both faces have been decorated with a cast inscription in relief. The flatter face reads: IO A[...] I A I[...]; the opposite face reads: RIDV[...]RO. Diameter: 29.07 mm Height: 10.79 mm Weight: 40.28 g
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A29834
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval or post-medieval decorated spindle whorl. It is biconvex in shape. There is a circular hole through the centre, c.11mm in diameter. One face is decorated with two alternating circles of pellets. The other face has faint, but unclear decoration. The surface is worn, whitish grey in colour and pitted in places. Spindle whorls have been found in contexts dating from the Roman to post-medieval periods, but decorated examples are likely to date from the medieval period onwards. Diameter: 24.27mm, thickness: 9.19mm, weight: 24.21g
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-923F40
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ceramic spindle whorl of probable early post-medieval date. The spindle is a flattened globular shape with a central circular hole, c.14mm in diameter. A groove runs around the midpoint of the outer face. It is made from a orange sandy earthenware fabric with angular quartz (
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-172DA5
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman to post-medieval lead spindle whorl. It has a flat base and convex upper surface. There are transverse scratches on the curved upper surface, although these do not appear to form letters or any distinct pattern. The metal survives in good condition. Undecorated spindle whorls were in use from the Roman to post-medieval period. The small diameter of the hole may indicate a date towards the earlier of this chronology. Diameter: 31.70mm, thickness: 6.37mm, weight: 38.63g
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D6888
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead medieval or post-medieval spindle whorl or weight. It is roughly hemispherical in shape with a circular hole through the centre. It survives in fairly condition with a pale oxidised patina, although the surfaces are heavily scratched and pitted. The object may have functioned as a weight, or more probably a spindle whorl. Most lead spindle whorls are Medieval or early Post-Medieval in date, although they were in use for a long period of time and when undecorated, like this example, are difficult to date more closely. Diameter: 17.8mm, thickness: 4.9mm, weight: 9.73g
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-1FFA59
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete lead medieval to post-medieval spindle whorl. It is formed from two flattened, truncated cones joined at the base with a hole through the centre. Both faces are decorated with a raised line encircling the outer edge with a raised zigzag line forming a ring around the centre. The surface is worn, whitish grey in colour and is pitted in places with corrosion. Decorated spindle whorls date from the Medieval period up to the 16th century AD. Diameter: 26.67mm, diameter of hole: 9.98mm, thickness: 12.21mm, weight: 44.38g
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-2307F4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl of medieval or post medieval date (c. AD 1066 - 1700). Domed in form with a circular base, slightly faceted sides and off-centre vertical circular perforation. The based exhibits a circumferential groove. Spindle whorls can be difficult to date as, with some exceptions, the general form seems to have changed little over time. Spindle whorls of this form are generally assigned a medieval to post medieval date range.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2019
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Record ID: SF-32FA8D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A somewhat corroded lead-alloy spindle whorl dating to the Medieval or Post-Medieval period, c. 1200-1550. The whorl is circular in plan and biconical in section, with a medium-sized circular aperture at its midpoint. Both faces of the whorl are decorated with intersecting linear motifs, inbetween which are raised pellets. Preserved in rather poor condition with heavily flaking surfaces, it measures c. 31.11mm in diameter, 12.72mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 26.89g. A virtually identical spindle whorl is recorded on the PAS database as YORYM-E1F2E6. These objects were used th…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9320FF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead possibly Medieval to Post medieval spindle whorl. It is plano-convex in shape with a sub-cylindrical perforation in the centre, which slightly tapers towards the convex edge.The sides are decorated with two longitudinal close raised lines. Given the absence of further details visible it is difficult to assign a close date. It is dated to AD 1000-1800 Diameter: 29.75 mm Height: 10.42 mm Thickness: 9.90 mm Weight: 39.82 g
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-942CEE
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead probably Medieval spindle whorl. It is plano convex in shape with a sub-cylindrical perforation through the centre, which tapers towards the convex edge. The sides are roughly faceted. The date is AD 1066-1500. See parallel in PAs database: WMID5532 Diameter: 22.76 mm Height: 9.97 mm Thickness: 8.68 mm Weight: 25.95 g
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF1322
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
lead bun-shaped spindle whorl with slightly flattened top.
Created on: Thursday 10th February 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4674C7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy spindle whorl or loom weight of probable Early Medieval to Medieval date, c. 500-1500. It is broadly circular in plan and rectangular in section, with a flattened top/base and straight sides. At its midpoint is a large central circular aperture which extends through the whole object. Preserved in fair condition with a greyish white patina, it measures 23.49mm in diameter, stands 17.06mm high, and weighs 53.62g.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-46304D
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy probable spindle whorl probably dating from the Early Medieval to Medieval periods, c. 500-1500. It is circular in plan and broadly plano-convex in section, with a rounded upper surface and flat base. At its midpoint, there is a medium-sized circular aperture that extends through the whole object. No decoration is visible on either face. Preserved in fair condition with a cracked greyish patina, it measures 30.89mm in diameter, stands 12.93mm high at its midpoint, and weighs 48.53g.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AC1CEE
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl or net weight of probable medieval to post medieval date. Roughly circular, with an irregular D-shaped cross-section and central circular perforation.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AC0C89
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle whorl or net weight of probable medieval to post medieval date. Roughly circular, with a triangular cross-section and central circular perforation.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.